00:00I did researche on the gerb, on the city, on the area, the region, the province
00:07and the more I thought there was, that there is a low potential to develop a very solid, reliable,
00:16seri-ha gerb within the next few years, so that's what convinced me.
00:23I'll do everything possible, I'll give every little bit of energy I have, all the energy
00:32I have, just a little bit I have left to try to get the gerb in seri-ha, and to
00:38make sure
00:39it stays in seri-ha within the three years.
00:42The thing in common that I had in my previous experience is to try to go from seri-b to
00:47seri-ha,
00:48which we did in Toulouse, but that's it, it's the, every club has got its own identity,
00:55its own culture, its own history, I can use things from my different experience in countries
01:04I worked in, that I can bring here, but I certainly wouldn't want to do any copy and paste of
01:12anything
01:12I've done before and say, okay, I've done this before, it's going to do, I'm going to do
01:16the same in Pisa, because the context is totally different, and I deeply, deeply, deeply respect
01:24the history of the club, and the history of the city, and the passion of the fanbase, so
01:29one, we need to be established, seri-ha club, to be able to rebuild the stadium, because
01:37to make it work financially, we need seri-ha club, we need to build the stadium, or to rebuild
01:45the stadium, we need to wait for the valuation, and that's what something I discussed with
01:49the mayor yesterday, but again, the sporting side of, the sporting results will also decide
01:58the timing of what we can do with the stadium, so we talk about technicality and everything
02:08else, and the difficulty of rebuilding the stadium, of seri-ha standards, or international
02:13standards, but we also need the football results that allow us to build the stadium.
02:24First of all, we need to get promoted, as quickly as possible, because without promotion, we
02:34can talk forever, we need to get promoted, and once we are promoted, which I hope as quickly
02:42as possible, is then how do we stabilise the club in Serie A? How do we make sure that we
02:51are not, in England they call it a yo-yo club, so that's the main focus at the moment, the
03:00focus is the training facility, and to have a team that is ready to be promoted, and that
03:08is prepared to stay in Serie A.
03:10There is also, as you can rightly see, rightly said, there is a technicality of it, and it's
03:17a big challenge, it's a technical, from an architectural point of view, from a purely technical point
03:24of view, I saw the project, it's very challenging because it's where it is, so it's fantastic that
03:31it is where it is, which is right next to the tower, and in the centre of the city, but
03:36it's
03:37also as well as challenges, from a technical point of view, so this needs to be taken in
03:42consideration as well.
03:43The key to the success of our season will be to turn potential and talent into results.
03:50My life is football, my passion, I live for football, this is my 35th year in professional
03:57football, so whether I'm in Serie A or Serie B, for me it's football, it doesn't matter.
04:05Football takes over everything.
04:07Secondly, I've known Alex for quite a few years, we had a common friend who introduced
04:15us when I was president of Toulouse, so I don't know, maybe we knew each other for three
04:22or four years, I'm not sure exactly, and then when I joined Italian football in June 25th,
04:32obviously there was Pisa in Serie A, we came to play here with Juventus, Pisa came to
04:37Allianz Stadium, so we talked with Alex more about different things in Italian football,
04:46or the team, his team, our team.
04:49I don't know, a week or a couple of weeks after I left Juventus, and he said, can we
04:56meet during the summer?
04:57I said yes, of course, any time.
05:00I didn't know why he wanted to meet, and I said I just want to rest, take care of my
05:06family and settle down a little bit after leaving Juventus, he said no problem.
05:13And then I think at the end of the summer we met, and then he explained his ambition,
05:20his vision for the club.
05:22As I said, the club is already using data, and yes, we will use algorithm and data in
05:27the future, because if it can provide an edge, a competitive advantage over the other
05:36clubs or over the market, of course we should use it, there is no reason for not using it.
05:41And if people are suspicious, look, I've been using data on a very professional basis since
05:482006, and at the time everyone told me it will never work.
05:53And now all, if you look at the number of teams around Europe, let's focus on Europe,
05:59that are using data extensively and who are very, very successful over performing.
06:05There are lots of them.
06:07So it's definitely working.
06:10And as we were talking about Como earlier, there are extremely, extremely data-specific.
06:17And there are fantastic success stories in Italian football.
06:21The club is already using data.
06:24Leonardo has implemented the usage of data when he came last May.
06:31So it's not something new that is in Pisa.
06:37I think the human side is as important as the data side.
06:42We can't build a project, we can't build a vision using only data.
06:49I mean using data.
06:50We need people.
06:51We need good people.
06:53We need good players, good coaches, good people here in the offices.
06:58We need to create a culture that is going to make us win.
07:03I've done this job for many, many, many years.
07:07So I know how painful it can be to have a president who is always checking what's going on
07:15and being busy around the sporting narrative.
07:19It's certainly something I want to avoid.
07:22I will give him all my support.
07:24I will give him all my network, contact.
07:27He has a lot already because he has an international career.
07:31He will be a normal president who lets the sporting director do his job.
07:36I don't want to be the sporting director.
07:39We have a sporting director who is very competent.
07:41I'm the president and everyone does his job.
07:44It's almost impossible to build a project as ambitious as the one we want to build
07:51without the people, without the city.
07:54It's just inconceivable for me.
07:57I want our fans to be part of the project.
08:00And the city to be, because they represent the city, the fans.
08:04And so the fans and the city to be part of the project.
08:07This link between the city, the club and the fans,
08:10is something that I could really felt for the last two weeks because I've been here.
08:15And because people have been telling me about it and because I've learned a lot about the history of the
08:21club,
08:21the story of the city, the link between the city and the club.
08:24The passion of the fans, the atmosphere against Palermo was really, really, really nice.
08:30And as a club, as players and the team, we should use this fantastic atmosphere that the fans are creating
08:41at the stadium.
08:42The club has got a very strong identity, just to make it clear.
08:48One of the reasons I came here is because I felt there is this connection between the city and the
08:53fans.
08:55Sorry, the city, the fans and the football club, which is very, very, very strong.
09:00And that base is the base to build from Teglon.
09:04This being said, the training facility is a key project for the development of the club.
