Hi, Simon.
Hi, Pep.
Hi.
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you too. - I hope you're well.
Can I just check your your injury situation for what is a very big game?
You seem to have five players may be more, uh, not available.
Can I just check your injury list and how people are, please?
Well, we still have a few injuries, but some of them they come back a little
bit to training and tomorrow will decide if they are ready to play or not.
Have you ruled out any of those?
I'm looking at;
Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodri and Gundogan.
Are all those five still in contention, then?
No, not all of them.
Some of them.
They come back a little bit to train today.
We'll see tomorrow how they reacted to
training session, today and tomorrow
we'll see.
When you bear that situation in mind after just a
few games, how on earth will next season work?
Have you seen the plans for the the World Cup schedule?
And that the plans to pause the Premier League your
squad, loses as many players as anybody
I think for an international break.
What do you make of the of the plans to pause the Premier League next season?
Well, still, Peter, I didn't watch,
I didn't see the schedule for the next season.
Like the World Cup is in the middle of the season.
So the first time ever it happened, so I didn't see it.
I didn't see it with my staff and realise a little bit.
How will be the impact?
So anyway, so everybody knows that teams are involved in European
competition, domestic competitions, national team.
Many.
All these players.
So for many years, over the last years of the calendar, the schedule is brutal.
So just to adapt, to train,
as best as possible, not much to get injured and give everything you have,
the energy you have on the day of the game.
Hi, Pep
How are you?
I'm good.
Thanks.
Yeah, all, good.
Thank you.
So, um, the head to head stats between you and Tuchel
in the Premier League have been spoken about a lot.
What have you said to your players to try and get
that out of their minds ahead of tomorrow?
Sorry Anita,
Can you repeat that?
I didn't understand the question?
Yeah, of course.
So I said, your head to head starts with Tuchel in the Premier League,
have been spoken about a lot going into the game tomorrow. So I'm just wondering
what you said to your players to make sure that's not in their mind
before the game?
We prepared the game like we prepare Southampton and, uh before
and in the previous games and try to read what they are,
what we have done in the recent games against Chelsea, under Tuchel
and and try to, you know, to every game is a new challenge and
opportunity to improve, to learn and to do it better.
So it's not the final.
It's completely different than
the previous games, like when we play in the FA Cup,
it was a final that was a tight game and for you know, we lost it,
and the Premier League,
it was already done.
We were already almost champion.
And, of course, the Champions League was a massive,
massive game, so we tried to learn.
But now it's a new competition learned from this 3 games, of course.
And uh, it's one more game between the 38 games we have for the Premier League.
So we prepare for the game like a strong points that we have and
what you have to do to come to be to be better.
This is, uh, the mindset we had the last days to prepare this game.
It will be the same against PSG and
Liverpool before the international break.
Hi, Pep.
Just joining on what you said at the at the end of that.
How big is this week with Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool all to come away from home?
Ah,
So nice.
What a privilege.
So in the week with the Ryder Cup, so better than that is not possible.
So, uh yeah, one game at a time.
Now, this afternoon, we travel to London.
Prepare well for the game.
So and after we prepare the next one,
Will you be having a keen eye on the Ryder Cup?
Will you?
Sorry? - Uou'll have a keen eye on the Ryder Cup?
Absolutely.
It's the one of the years, you know, the event of the year.
So absolutely
Hi, Pep,
The Champions League final.
What happened that day?
Why didn't that go well and is there anything within this Chelsea team,
Obviously, they've got Lukaku now,
is there anything in this Chelsea team that is a worry for you?
We played a great final.
We lost but we played
a great final.
We
missed a little bit, to be more and more precise in the last third of the game.
But we lost the second ball, the transition are so good, in these uncertain balls,
up and down, when you regain the ball and after that they are able to regain
again the ball and after they make a quick, quick transition.
So because their structure defensively so good for
the physicality, they have the movement,
They have the quality and assurance spaces.
They control all departments.
So that's why it was difficult for the final of the Champions
League against an exceptional team.
But I had the feeling in the game and when I saw it these days, the final.
So my impression is that we were really, really good.
We play a good with a lot of courage with personality.
We try to do it and unfortunately the counter attacks and the long ball,
second balls they were much better than us and they beat us.
Hi, Pep.
Um, there is another international Break approaching.
And I'm just asking you about that today because in a few
hours in Brazil, Tite is going to name the squad.
Are you aware if there is any definition, any agreement this
time for the players in the red list of your squad?
I don't know anything.
Hopefully, what I would say we are more than grateful
to leave the Brazilian prayers go to the national team.
I always have been, which we have done so, above and beyond of the rule.
The law that said you have to give them is the pleasure.
Yeah, but I don't know what's going to happen.
So the situation all around the world about the pandemic situation is still there.
So hopefully the authorities.
So Premier League, governments; Brazil, England, and of course, the Premier League
in the Brazilian Federation can have a solution for the like, sweet, perfect for
you know, both sides.
It's only what we want.
The play, of course, the federations, of course, the government's it just to sit,
talk and find a solution for the benefit for the players and the clubs.
And, of course, for the national team from Brazil.
Thank you.
Hi Pep, since you've been in England, do you think this is going
to be the toughest Premier League that you've been involved in?
Every year
I had the feeling that the second season was harder, tougher than
the first one, the third than the second and the fourth.
And definitely this is the amount of incredible top top quality players,
teams, managers and, yes, really, really tough, Really tough.
This incredible challenge for
for us.
So yeah, except the challenging we go for it.
I think it's a big, I think it's a big compliment for the Premier league.
So I think the PL has to be so proud.
The UK and for the fantastic league that we have for a brilliant, I spoke for
my contenders for my colleague so brilliant managers, but honestly brilliant in many
sense in all the clubs and top quality players in every, but not just 11, 12.
Every squad at 15 , 16, 17 exceptional players, um, and plus the
fans are back and advertising are back in the good way.
So, yeah, we have to be.
It is an honour to be to be here and enjoy the Premier League in this country.
Thank you so much.
Hi, Pep.
I just wanted to get your opinion, if I can.
On a bit of news that we've heard about the possible return of safe standing and the
idea that Manchester City might be one of the clubs that get involved with the
trial of that, any thoughts on how that might improve the atmosphere?
Oh, again, yeah?
I didn't know it.
I didn't know we had,
One is the safety, you know, for all of us.
and, you know, for the fans, for the spectators
But
I don't have a clear opinion.
I thought they came back to the seats because what happened before it was dangerous.
And I think the authorities decided to come back.
Being, you know, stand up is because they believe it's safe and
and and make an extra push for the images for the fans.
So but I don't know, I'll have an opinion