00:00Home games, 10 away games so far, it's even quite unusual.
00:04Can you just give us an idea of the challenge that poses and the logistics?
00:10No challenge.
00:12It's all a pleasure because I heard they told me,
00:14you guys fly with private jets and good buses and good food.
00:18Beautiful.
00:19You know, we've done it.
00:20It was what we had ahead of us.
00:23It was another challenge because normally you don't play four away games in a row,
00:26three games away in a row,
00:27and you don't play Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
00:30Very strange.
00:30We've done it a few times again.
00:32We're going to have to do it tomorrow again.
00:35We are passing.
00:39We're not in mind.
00:40Yes.
00:43We went to Prague and we were all tired.
00:46You don't look tired.
00:47You look good.
00:47It's just a mindset.
00:48You're tired.
00:49You didn't play.
00:51Tell the people, come here, sit next to me.
00:54When you get up at 4 o'clock in the morning,
00:55the next day you are here at 7.
00:57Exactly my point.
00:58I didn't even play.
01:00You guys must be really, like, on sleep, on nutrition, on recovery,
01:03how much harder does it actually make them?
01:05What can you do?
01:05Nothing.
01:06We have no right to say any of that.
01:08Again, we are buzzing.
01:09We are full of energy.
01:10We are really looking forward to play tomorrow, do that,
01:13and then we're going to have our choice to travel more.
01:17I want to go to Spain or whatever it is.
01:19I have now a window to decide or stay at home and sleep.
01:24Okay.
01:25Ed, go ahead.
01:25Hi.
01:26Just on that, but with regards to Declan in particular,
01:30he obviously didn't link up with the last squad that he's going on.
01:33He's going to this time.
01:34Have you got any concerns about him with the workload?
01:37Concerns?
01:38That we talk that Declan is playing 90 minutes in Slavia.
01:40That's my concern, which is the only player,
01:42the only player in the squad that for two games in the Caravacar
01:46has been left out of the squad.
01:47At home, we chew this off.
01:49That's my concern.
01:50Because it's not true.
01:51We are really looking after him more than any other season.
01:55And the way in training and all the loads.
01:57And that's it.
01:58And here are the demands of this football club.
02:00And you have a player like him.
02:01And not only him, because there are many others
02:03that have even less time.
02:05So that's it.
02:05And that has to be the mindset.
02:07And if you start to put other things in your brain, damage.
02:10So erase them, get them in the bin,
02:12and just for what you have to do.
02:16And Molly, you mentioned you last time,
02:18how he reacted.
02:19Do you know if he's going to be doing that training again
02:21in the next couple of weeks?
02:22Or is he going on holiday?
02:24I haven't asked him because I told him.
02:26Just hold.
02:26Focus, focus, focus.
02:28And then we can talk about it.
02:29So after the game, I will ask him what the plan is.
02:32But knowing Noni, if you say,
02:33Mika, what do you think?
02:34I think he will do the same.
02:35Because it worked last time.
02:37That's my feeling.
02:38And why is it so important for you to have an English background?
02:42You said that for five players in the English.
02:45Why was it so important?
02:47Well, English Academy,
02:48because there has something that has to be within you,
02:52in your vein, in your roots.
02:54And you don't have it or you don't.
02:56And when you are from here,
02:58when you are so attached,
02:58because we signed some players as well
03:00that they are already are Arsenal supporters
03:02since they were kids.
03:03And that has a different meaning.
03:05And yeah, you can become one,
03:07which is great.
03:08And we have a few of them,
03:09but when it's already there in your DNA,
03:12it's even more powerful.
03:13And for me, that's very, very important.
03:15It's Anthony now.
03:16Hi, Mikael.
03:17Hi.
03:17Last season, we saw a few times
03:18where players either pulled out of international duty
03:20or weren't available around sports
03:22in such a time.
03:23In some ways,
03:24around outside the international times
03:26like the World Cup, the Euros,
03:27do you sometimes feel not happy
03:29but kind of slightly okay with playing,
03:33not being called for England,
03:34just because then they're obviously fit for
03:36when you come back to football.
03:47Sometimes, yes, if I'm honest.
03:49Because I prefer that,
03:50that somebody having to travel to Australia
03:52and then to India to play friendly matches.
03:56With all honesty, yes.
04:03There's no balance because it's not my decision.
04:06You know, it's the national team's decision
04:08and whoever decides where they have to play.
04:11We just have to adapt
04:12and prepare our players
04:14and have good communication
04:15with the national teams
04:16to make sure that they understand
04:18where the players are
04:19and that's it.
04:20And the players love to go to the national team,
04:22which is obviously understandable
04:24because it's a huge pride for them.
04:26I'll be interested.
04:27Today is the 40-year anniversary
04:29of the start of Ferguson
04:30when he took over at Manchester United.
04:32A bit different.
04:33But in recent years,
04:34you don't have much dialogue with him
04:36in terms of just about management
04:37and separately.
04:38What do you make of the job
04:39you do at the United States?
04:41Well, the first question,
04:42unfortunately,
04:43I would love to spend some time with him
04:45and the few times that I met him
04:46I was incredibly inspired
04:49and he really said a few things
04:52that touched me.
04:53and yeah,
04:54what can I say about him?
04:55It's, I mean,
04:57he's the soul of the Premier League,
04:58I would say,
04:59with Arsene and some others
05:01and there is a reason to that
05:03and it's not only because
05:04why he produced on the pitch
05:05but it was his aura,
05:07the way he presented himself,
05:09the journey that he took,
05:12the club and all the players
05:13in that generation era with him
05:15and you just need to listen
05:17how the players talk about him
05:18and that's it,
05:19that's enough.
05:20Okay, one last two,
05:21Josh from the side.
05:22There we go.
05:22Just bringing it back
05:23to that English call
05:24you were talking about,
05:25you mentioned about
05:25how important it is
05:26that players have in the game
05:28that they understand.
05:29Have you purposefully
05:30thought about that
05:31when you are looking
05:32to sign play and bring it back,
05:34bringing in English players
05:35that understand the club,
05:36that understand the league
05:37and then what do you mean by that?
05:39Yes, for sure.
05:40And then you have to put that
05:41into the whole ecosystem
05:43of the club
05:43and that dressing room
05:45to make sure
05:45that you're going to build
05:47those relationships,
05:48those personalities,
05:49that leadership within that
05:51to achieve what we want
05:53but that's certainly done
05:55with a lot of thought.
05:57In the past,
05:58after the team
05:59tried to make it
06:00move more towards
06:02non-English players
06:03after the team
06:04without any English players
06:06in the world
06:06but then when you were a player
06:08here,
06:09Arsene had the British court
06:11I don't know if you remember
06:11you played with
06:12obviously Carl Jenkinson,
06:13Jack,
06:15Kieran Gibbs,
06:15the like,
06:16and they all signed
06:16their contract.
06:17Do you look back on that
06:18and remember them
06:19sort of feeding
06:21to the team back then?
06:22Is that something
06:22taken to try and
06:24I do remember
06:24a picture here
06:26with every new
06:26and all of them
06:28were together
06:28so I do one
06:30and that's some
06:30of the things
06:31and Arsene used to talk
06:32about that
06:32and I think
06:33it's all true.
06:34Okay, go on to Gary.
06:36I think you've got
06:37the sort of person
06:38of the Tire of Indri
06:39which is quite innocuous
06:41and remember
06:42a few years going
06:42at the Indrius Palace
06:43which is quite similar
06:44to a very
06:45phenomenal action.
06:47Have you got
06:48to maybe the bottom
06:49of why
06:49the very
06:51sort of simple thing
06:52he gets into
06:53like that?
06:55Yeah, there are
06:56a few things
06:56that we believe
06:58can contribute.
06:59I prefer not to mention
07:00that here.
07:02But in the reality
07:03as well
07:03to put a finger
07:04on something
07:04maybe after you
07:05are totally wrong
07:06because there was
07:07something else
07:07so it's very difficult.
07:09We have
07:10obviously thought
07:11and think
07:12and openly
07:14discussed a lot
07:14of things
07:15even with him
07:15to understand
07:16what could possibly
07:17went wrong
07:18but the reality
07:20probably
07:21is that
07:22unfortunately
07:22we don't know.
07:23We can think
07:23that it is that
07:24but nobody
07:25has a certainty
07:25that it was just that.
07:34I think so.
07:35But I don't know.
07:37The way it happened
07:39it wasn't a really
07:42aggressive action
07:44so that gives you
07:45some hope
07:46as well
07:46that the tissue
07:49will repair
07:50in a more efficient
07:51and faster way
07:52as well.
07:53And he has
07:54some very good
07:54symptoms right now
07:55so we have to
07:56wait and see.
07:59Tom, congratulations.
08:00It's a girl, yeah?
08:02Good.
08:03I could never make one.
08:04Only boys.
08:07See you next time.
08:09See you next time.
08:09Thanks for having me.
08:11Thanks.
08:11Thanks for having me.
08:15You
