00:00Hi, Tom.
00:02You're saying about the importance of winning games in a row.
00:05If Tottenham win tomorrow, for the first time in 616 days,
00:10the Spurs have won three Premier League games in a row.
00:12Are you surprised that here it's been such a long time?
00:15I didn't know, I didn't know, thank you for the...
00:20For informing me.
00:22Yeah, but nothing changed for us.
00:25Because we have to prepare the game of our best,
00:29playing well, run, working on the pitch,
00:35with the group, with the right spirit
00:40and with the mentality to enjoy with the ball also.
00:49I was looking at some of the statistics from your game so far,
00:53two things that stood out in the last five matches,
00:57you've outrun the opposition.
00:58How important is it to show that kind of...
01:02literally putting a hard yard in your team?
01:14Yes, but the qualities of the player, the quality of the play,
01:19the style of play are very important.
01:21but first of all, we have been better than the opponent in different things.
01:31But also when we lost the game, because in the first half with Aston Villa,
01:35we have been much, much better than Aston Villa.
01:40But they know, Aston Villa know, because it was very clear.
01:47But it was not enough.
01:48Now I think we are becoming more complete as a team.
01:55For 90 minutes, even if we go through a tough moment or the right moment,
02:04we don't change.
02:06We don't change.
02:08We are not changing mood.
02:13Matias Fernandes' performance at Chelsea really stood out.
02:16A lot of fans are saying he's the player that reminds him the most
02:20since Luka Modric at Spurs, obviously.
02:24Do you understand why they make those comparisons?
02:29You are very funny.
02:31You know why?
02:32Because the world is going too fast.
02:37Two weeks ago, Matias Fernandes, 80 million, was a disaster sign.
02:44Disaster player is not good enough.
02:46I said to Matias, Monday or Sunday, maybe Sunday,
02:51don't listen to the media, don't see the media,
02:55don't follow what the people say,
03:02because it's not true.
03:04Now change.
03:05One game you play well, you are top like Luka Modric,
03:10and the day after you are a stupid player, you can't play,
03:14and the day after again you become...
03:20Mateus Fernandes was a very good player before Chelsea,
03:26and he's the same player after Chelsea.
03:32He has two things to improve,
03:34because as a potential can become one of the best midfielder in Europe
03:40in the next future.
03:43It was a great sign for Tottenham, first of all,
03:47because he's a potential top player for Tottenham,
03:51and then for me now, for sure.
03:55But like Savio.
03:57Savio is another top, like Xavi Simons, like Lucas Bergvall, like Archie Gray.
04:09Just one more about that.
04:12Dekki Kielusevski has done a really illuminating interview
04:15about his time being injured and coming back.
04:19In it, he talks about how now, from now on, every day,
04:24he does an hour of stretching to help with his knee.
04:29It's sort of stuck out, because it made you think,
04:31this is something that he's always going to have to manage.
04:33As his manager, are you worried that he has to do that every day,
04:37or is that just how it works when you have an injury like he has?
04:49As a coach, I'm very happy and very proud to work with him,
04:53because he's a great example, not just for me, but for his teammates,
04:59like the player I said, the young players, especially for the young players,
05:06he's a big example, even if he's still younger, because he's 26 years.
05:18Kielusevski is stronger than injuries, and it's not a problem for him.
05:25Sam?
05:26Hi, Roberto. Andy Robertson said after the Chelsea game,
05:30how important Kudus was to play over Chelsea's press.
05:33I mean, how crucial is he to the way Spurs play,
05:36and what does he add to your team?
05:37Kudus?
05:38Kudus.
05:39Kudus.
05:42Robertson is right, because it was crucial to defend the ball,
05:47like fight, because in that situation you have to fight, first of all.
05:51But he is able to defend the ball with the attitude,
05:55but also with the technique, with the skill, the ability,
06:02and he's playing very well.
06:04And he can hold the ball, he's a strong dribbler,
06:06but could he perhaps add some more goals to his game?
06:08Yes, but he's capable to score more goals.
06:16When he was in Ajax, he also played as a number 9, as a number 10,
06:24more than a number 10 than a right winger.
06:28And he scored many goals in Ajax.
06:33Absolutely.
06:34And you praised Kudus and Tells as a pair,
06:36he said they were taken to the win.
06:37I mean, how do they sort of complement each other?
06:39Because they're slightly different players.
06:53You are right, they have different characteristics, but it's good.
07:03He's very good playing with different characteristics as a winger,
07:08as a left back, as a full back, as a midfielder, for example.
07:12When we fought our Tottenham, Tonali, Bergwahl, Mateus Fernandes,
07:22and Rodrigo Betancourt together, they have different characteristics,
07:29because Bergwahl attack the space like Tonali, but they are not the same.
07:35They can play together, yes, like Man United, Betancourt and Tonali,
07:40they can play together, yes, for sure.
07:42Mateus Fernandes and Tonali and Betancourt, they are able to play together.
07:47And to build a team, you have to bring different characteristics.
07:53It's better for us.
07:55And then finally, with Savio, do you think that's one for after the international break?
08:00I think so. I think it's good.
08:02When he comes back into the team, how do you see that all sort of working out with him, Kudus
08:06and Tonali?
08:08It's my problem, not your problem. Unfortunately, it's my problem.
08:14John, finish us off, please.
08:16You've been here a few months now and it seems that almost all that time you have to fight fires,
08:23stop the ball, think something. There's an optimism amongst the fans now, two wins,
08:28the chance of a third, is the fire fighting over now, is it time to build?
08:45No, I think for me nothing change, I think we started last season but maybe in this pre-season
08:58we started a long project and we have to stay calm, we have to stay clean with the head
09:07to understand the different situation, working to build something better than when we came here.
09:21One win more, one defeat more now, nothing change, we have to analyze to improve the results
09:29but improving the results we need to improve all aspects.
09:36You mentioned earlier on that in your playing career you missed chances to improve, why was that?
09:45What happened to you?
09:52No, as a player at the end of your career sometimes it's normal to have regrets, no?
10:02Maybe sometimes I made mistakes in the decision, in the behaviour I've done or the normal…
10:18I always loved football and I always gave all my best for football but it's a normal situation in football
10:27can happen.
10:28Has that helped you as a manager to help your players?
10:32Yeah, I would like to be important to suggest to give the right advice for the players but not as
10:48a coach but as an older player or former player.
10:58Have you had any indication from the players what they thought of why things have gone so wrong in the
11:08last two seasons?
11:09No, because I can't know what was the situation before to be here, no?
11:24I just can't say my opinion, my feeling, not more.
11:33Thank you very much.
11:34Thank you very much.
