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Media. Alright, it's been a few weeks straight
into Mikel Arteta's pre -Nottingham Forest presser.
Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media ahead
of our return to Premier League action as we
take on Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium.
The boss has been speaking about the fitness
of our returning international stars, taking
on the tricky trees and much more. Read our full
transcript below with a video of the full press
conference to come. On if he had some time off
over the international break. Some time off,
some work done to review what we've done in the
first part of the season and then obviously watching
all of the internationals play. Most of them
had a very successful time with the national
teams. Well, a few of them especially had really
notable... performances, namely Mikel Mourinho,
Nonny Madueke to name but a few. It'll be interesting
to see if Mourinho does start tomorrow and if
he does where he starts because he's been getting
a lot of joy for Spain in centre midfield where
he played against Liverpool before the international
break. So if you have Martin Zupamendi who also
played with him in his successful stint over
the international break alongside Pedri. It'll
be interesting to see the composition of that
midfield, who misses out when you have the likes
of Defton Rice, Martin Odegaard, who you could
say is toiling right now. So personally, me personally,
as everyone's saying, the phrase everyone's saying
these days, the new in phrase, I would probably
put him in. He's on form. He's firing. He's confident.
Put him in. Give him a chance. At the expense
of who? Move on. On if everyone came back from
the international duty unscathed. It's very different
to last season. So I'm very pleased with that.
They had a lot of minutes. Some very important
impact as well in their games. And everybody's
good. OK, so that seems like good news. Obviously,
this time last year, Martin Odegaard did get
injured. We obviously had a few injuries going
into the break with William Saliba, Bukayo Saka,
Kai Havertz all going down. Obviously, Christian
Mosquera came on or came in for Saliba against
Liverpool and looked good. Didn't put a foot.
Did look out of place and I expect him to come
in again tomorrow afternoon against Nottingham
Forest. Well, on the subject of the aforementioned
players. On the latest fitness of Saka, Saliba
and White. Bukayo's out and he's trying to get
back as quickly as possible. But we need to respect
that process. Willow trained today and the rest
as usual. And Ben White as well. Benzo K. Okay,
that's interesting. So it looks like Saliba may
play tomorrow. So that just goes against and
undermines what I said about Mosquera starting
tomorrow, possibly. However, obviously, I feel
like this is mind games. He could say that and
then Willow, as he referred to him, may not even
be in the squad. But don't forget, we also have
a game on Tuesday. I think it's an early kickoff.
when i say early around 5 30 against bilbao in
the champions league so there's potential for
one of them to start on saturday and the other
to start on tuesday with obviously the big game
against man city in mind on sunday um as for
pokaido saka it looks like he's out of tomorrow
pretty much or pretty much confirmed by arteta
And Ben White, Ben White looks like he is fit
and raring to go. But obviously, Jurian Timba
is going to prove to be, you know, difficult
to dislodge from that right back buff. On what
games we're targeting for Saka's return? Let's
see. He's evolving really well with very specific
work at the moment. The moment that we increase
that load, let's see how he reacts. So obviously,
as ever. Mikel Arteta is quite coy on Saka's
return date. Obviously, we would like to ideally
have him back for Man City. But even if he is
back for Man City, would it be from the start?
Because you would like to kind of get some minutes
in the legs. So put it this way, if he doesn't
get any time on the pitch against Athletic Bilbao,
then it's probably unlikely that he will feature.
Well, from the start anyway against Man City,
especially with the form of Manueke in recent
weeks. On Saliba, Willow trained today, so we'll
have a decision to make whether we play him or
not. It's very good news. Okay. So yeah, William
Saliba looks like he's kind of, you know, in
a good place physically, fitness -wise. It'll
be interesting to see if he does get in the team.
Me personally, I think he's probably going to
stick with Mosquera. On signing Hinkapie, he's
a player that we monitored for years and he became
available. We had the departure of Jakub Kivior
and now we needed another player in that position
who could upgrade what we had. Play in different
positions, play in different formations. He's
a player that obviously has a lot of experience
already at his age. So very, very happy to have
him. Yeah, Pierre -Jean Capier is a really good
player. I've monitored him over the years at
Bayer Leverkusen. He usually plays in a back
three, on the left of a back three. But he reminds
me of Riccardo Calafiori in the sense that he's
got bags of energy and enthusiasm. He's marauding.
got a lot of pace, got a lot of determination.
He's gritty, got a lot of quality, most importantly.
So he'll be vying for that two spots, the left
-back spot with Calafiori and Myles Lewis -Skelly,
as well as the centre -back spot when Gabriel's
injured or when we're doing rotation. So, yeah,
Hinkapie is a... immensely talented player young
player ambitious so it's a good addition to the
squad on if he's ready to play he's ready to
go he's trained for only two days with us he
had a long travel with the national team a very
successful game at the end against Argentina
but overall he's available well yeah so he ain't
gonna start that game because for many reasons
one of which is He played for Ecuador against
Argentina, so a lot of travelling involved. He'd
probably have a bit of jet lag. And then, obviously,
you've got Gabriel to dislodge, which, put it
this way, you're not going to dislodge Gabriel.
I think Gabriel starts every day of the week
for any team in the league or world. on Ange
Postakoglu returning to the Premier League. With
Ange, his biggest strength, in my opinion, is
the way he's been. He has put his foot... He
has put his fingerprint on that team and he has
a very clear way of playing. Very clear DNA and
are extremely good to watch. I've learnt a lot
from him and it will be a very difficult game.
Well, I mean, I think this is Arteta lavishing...
praise on his new counterpart, a former Spurs
foe, Ange Postakoglu, who always wins a trophy
in his second season, in his words, SIC. So it'll
be interesting to see if you win something with
Nottingham Forest in your second season, if you
make it to it. But anyway, I think here, Arteta's
trying to kind of, you know, convince Postakoglu
to continue his... gung -ho cavalier approach
against arsenal because if that does happen tomorrow
then um yeah arsenal will be scoring a lot of
goals in a victory that's for sure but yeah no
it remains to be seen whether ange postacoglu
will you know change up his style especially
especially in your first game especially coming
up against arsenal away um And Arsenal reeling
after a defeat against Liverpool in an early
kick -off straight after the international break.
You surely want to kind of fill your way in before
you start implementing your style. But yeah,
we'll see. We'll find out, I guess. On his adaptability
with a new set of players at Forest. I don't
know and I cannot control that. He's made the
decision to go to Forest now because for sure...
He believes that with the players that he has,
he can do what he wants to do and be successful
again. He had very different expectations. And
for a long time, he was very clear about what
he wanted to do with Ange there. And the time
that he had, it would be things that were different
for sure. Well, in terms of Ange, if that's what
he's referring to. Forest have a good group of
players now. They're really, really good. They
had a really successful and positive transfer
window where they brought in the likes of James
McAtee from Man City and I've gone blank, the
young boy from Ipswich who used to play for Chelsea
and Arsenal. So yeah, they've had a positive
window. They also lost Elanga. It's not going
to be easy, but obviously they'll build on the
season they had last season with Murillo and
Milinkovic at the back and Elliot Anderson in
midfield. So, yeah, I expect Forrest to be in
and around mid -table, probably just missing
out on Europe this season. Omari Hutchinson,
that's it. I knew it would come to me. But yeah,
there's a good group of players there. And obviously
the owner being Greek. There's obviously some
kind of alliance with Postacoglu who's got Greek
origin. He's of the Greek origin. On how it changes
our preparations for this game. You have to focus
much more on yourself and improving and taking
the game where you want to. Because at the end
now, even if you know the manager, the scenario
can change after 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 60 minutes.
The flexibility and understanding. And preparation
that goes through now in the Premier League.
So what you expect for five minutes is not going
to be the same picture for 95 minutes. So that's
what we prepare for every single game. Well,
yeah, I mean, I feel like Mikel Arteta has got
to probably prepare for at least two eventualities.
and does adopt his high line approach gung -ho
attacking style of football all goes a bit more
conservative more mid -low block which he adopted
in the um europa league final which he won with
tottenham last season so it depends but we've
just got to be able to you know horses for courses
really i mean we've got to have the personnel
out there ready to If it's toe -to -toe, go toe
-to -toe and dislodge Forest. Or if it's breaking
them down, wearing them down and then eventually
taking them apart like we did Leeds, then it's
got to be that as well. We've got to get the
team sheet right, get the mentality right, move
the ball quick, be more attacking than we have
been in recent times. And I'm sure we'll have
a positive result. On Edu now being at Forest,
I was very happy with Edu. I think Edu did a
tremendous job at this club, especially where
the club was at the time when he joined. And
he was a big part of that transformation of the
football club. Then he decided to leave and Andrea
has come in very different circumstances to the
club and done an incredible job as well. It's
not necessary to compare when you have two people
at that level that are both so good. Well, yeah,
he's alluded to Edu coming in where we were toiling
in eighth place, struggling in that weird era
post -Wenger for about two, three years. But
he steadied the ship, got us to a good level,
challenging again. Well, arguably hit his ceiling.
He's now gone to Forest, so he's only had one
window to operate in. I would say we need to
let things marinate, let the new players settle
in, see what players do well. Because personally,
I don't think Hutchison and McAtee can start
on the same team, especially if you've got Morgan
Gibbs -White there already, Elliot Anderson there
already, players like that. So there's a lot
of players there, but obviously they need a big
squad for the Europa League campaign that they're
going to be involved in this season. As for Berta
coming in, he's brought in high -calibre players
such as Zubimendi, Djokovic, Eze, to name but
a few. An amazing window for Arsenal and long
may it continue. On how he feels about our start
to the season and our defeat at Liverpool. I
wanted nine points instead of six. I think Arna
explained the game really well after the game
when he said that if we play ten times, probably
eight times will be a draw. One will be for us
and the one was for Liverpool and the magic moment
that decided that game. We want more. We want
to win more of those games and review what we've
done. And as well in the circumstances that we
had, not only in the way that we play, but in
other areas, there is still room to improve.
That's very good because the team is already
at a really high level. What was interesting,
I did hear that Arnaz Slot interview. But bear
in mind, though, Arnaz Slot did say that, yeah,
if we play that game eight times, it'll be eight
draws, one win apiece. But we was away. They're
champions. they've had a unbelievable transfer
window their squad is at a high level their favorites
for every competition they're in so if we've
gone over to their patch and played well some
people say we played well some people say we
didn't have ambition well that's for another
video but what i will say is if you play that
at emirates is it the same game that's the question
And Arne Slott last season did reference the
fact that he didn't feel any team outplayed Liverpool
last season, with the exception of Chelsea. I
disagree. I beg to differ when he did say that
last season, because I felt at the Emirates,
we was the better team against them. But they
came away with a draw. Just similarly in the
game at Anfield, probably even game, probably
we slightly shaded it. You know, probably a bit
of both, really. But for Arnaz Lot to say that
is a big compliment considering we're missing
arguably our best player, Bakayo Saka. But I
think we just need to get that result out of
our system, use it to spur our son, if anything,
and get the three points tomorrow on that subject.
And if we wanted to play straight away after
that game, yes, 100%. After a defeat... You want
to have a game in the next three days. Get it
out of the system. It is what it is. But at the
same time, I look at the players' international
duties and how they've grown. The role that they
have in the teams, the impact that they're having
in every single match. And I feel pride because
they can lose a game and they can go to the national
team. They can click again, perform, and most
of them win. And they're very important in those
wins. Yeah, that's true. I mean, especially for
England, we had four Arsenal players in the England
starting line -up against Andorra. We had two
Spaniards at the heart of the midfield, and this
is a team that won the Euros. So, you know, that's
just to name but a few. And obviously, if William
Saliba was fit, he would have started for France
against Iceland. and in the other fixture which
they won. So yeah, that's obviously a positive
that the players are on form, looking good, starting,
having prominent roles. So yeah, onwards and
upwards. On how important it is to make the Emirates
Stadium a fortress, that's what we want and we
had a really good game against Leeds. It's going
to be a very different game against Forest for
sure. But we kick off in front of our people
after 10 days and we're looking forward to it.
Yeah, I mean, we played the penultimate game
before the international break and we played
the first game after it. So we play before Liverpool.
It'll be good to get back level with them and
give them homework to do against Burnley in a
game which I fully expect them to win. But one
thing's for sure, I expect us to win and hopefully
we do tomorrow. On if Mikel Moreno's four goals
for Spain put him in contention to play up front.
He did it from the midfield. Mikel has that ability.
I heard some comments after Liverpool that we
played three defensive midfielders. I think that
was the narrative, no? Mikel had his hat -trick
playing as an attacking midfielder. I don't know
when the last attacking midfielder scored three
goals. So very interesting to learn what the
perception is, especially when you lose a football
match. and how important it is to analyse and
understand your players' quality in order to
make decisions that are based on what you understand
daily, which is very clear as well. Well, I mean,
Mikel... If Mikel Mourinho, which a lot of people
refer to as a defensive midfielder, then you
could just... Arteta Cotevizzi said, I don't
know the last time... A defensive midfielder
scored a hat -trick. But no, let's put that to
bed. Mikel Moreno isn't a defensive midfielder.
I know it sounds, it makes for a good headline.
Believe me, I know what makes good headlines.
It makes for good headlines to call it three
defensive midfielders. But with Rice, okay, you
might get away with that even though he's more
box -to -box. But he's probably better defensively,
like more kind of natural defensively. Zoumendi
is a defence midfielder, but in terms of Mikel
Moreno, I think he's just a centre midfielder.
Probably box -to -box -ish with more attacking
instincts, with good on the ball, good finisher.
So, yeah, I want to dispel that narrative as
well. I mean, obviously, the three of those isn't
the most inspiring in the world. You probably
want an Eze or an Odegaard or a Wanyeri in there
just to give it a bit more... But yeah, like
I mentioned earlier, I would like to see Mourinho
start because scoring a hat -trick for Spain,
I mean, he's going to be buzzing, really. Let's
have it right. On if it's good to have Postacoglu
back in the Premier League. Very good. I think
as a character, as a person, what he transmits,
what he brings to football is a joy towards the
team. I've always enjoyed it and learnt from
it. Very welcome to have him back. Okay, yeah,
Postacoglu is a character. Remember, famous last
words. I always win a trophy in my second season.
Okay, well, your toughest job yet. Or should
I say task? On if it's enough to have one style
of play. What does that mean? Does that mean
when they have the ball, when the ball is very
close to their goalkeeper, when they're under
high pressure, when they're in deep, when they
have a throw -in? so it depends people will answer
the way of playing the way of thinking and they
will trick things in relation to that try to
maintain certain ways and a certain approach
to the game that they want to play yeah i want
to just um use this moment to kind of um address
the kind of narrative that's forming that we
are horrible stoke -like awful boring defensive
team that rely on set pieces throw -ins corners
i just think we're kind of they're you know horses
for courses i feel we're kind of you know we're
um we've got different ways of playing so i generally
think we're a possession based attack inside
but obviously we've um found a way to be very
hard to beat and that's i know the base of that
is really just having a good defensive shape
being good defensively being hard to penetrate
to permeate through um but the vast majority
of teams that we come up against are afraid of
what we can do if you do give us space ask man
city sport in lisbon and crystal palace as well
as west ham they'll tell you but um i think yeah
tomorrow i'm anticipating a low block against
our Football, and hopefully, usually more often
than not, an early goal against a low block kind
of opens it up a bit, just like the game against
Leeds. So if we can get one, when I say early,
I'm talking first 20, 25 minutes, then I think
the game will be easier as a result, although
we've got to be wary of Forrest's pace on the
counter -attack. On his own DNA. We can go for
a blood test and then you can tell us. Okay,
I think Arteta's being a bit facetious there.
On Raya's record as our goalkeeper. Pretty good.
It's the best in the history of this football
club. It's unbelievable. Very good to understand
the game. And especially when a few months or
years ago by. It's really good to look back as
well and reflect on that. It is. not I it is
we we did it and with the help I think he has
a tremendous impact on the team okay so um Raya's
record as the goalkeeper's best in history the
club okay I'm gonna fact check that probably
is so does that mean he's the best goalkeeper
in history the club but no more jokes aside David
Raya is undeniably arguably the best keeper in
the Premier League And if he's not, then that's
only because of Alisson's previous form in recent
years. But if you just want to look at performances
and form over the last two, three years, I think
it's pretty obvious and clear that Rai has performed
the best in that space of time, especially with
his two Golden Glove Awards. I think he's actually
underrated as well because not a lot of people
view him in that kind of top. bracket elite bracket
of goalkeeper because for me he's definitely
top 10 with the likes of courtois alison to name
but a few donna rumor as well on if madway case
form provides a selection headache when saka
recovers from injury i hope so yes when that
day comes that bakayo saka is in his best condition
and not either same that's what we want and i'm
very happy to have him I think looking back at
what he's done with the national team as well.
I've spoken with Thomas Tuchel as well. Very
pleased with that. So he's really good. He's
in a really, really good moment. Yeah, I mean,
as I did allude to in a number of early videos
on this channel, Noni Maduweke was exactly what
we needed. A direct, pacey winger who's not afraid
to lose the ball, who's not afraid to keep going
despite, you know, He may go at a defender, lose
the ball. He's not afraid to go at him again.
He's not afraid to fail. He's very direct, looking
to kind of attack the full -back, beat the full
-back. But one thing with Maduweke, we need numbers
for him. We need goals, assists, goals, assists,
goals, assists. Because his ability is all there.
On how Havertz is getting on with his injury.
He's looking really good. He's walking freely.
He's starting to load the knee and started to
do some bits. As I said before, I think we're
taking it from weeks to months. But knowing Kai,
I cannot give you any time scale because I know
what he's going to try to do. Same with Gabi
Jesus. So I think he's in a good moment. It was
a very tough decision for him to go and have
that procedure done. But I think it was necessary.
And it was the right decision from the medical
team to persuade him to do that. So, yeah, I've
seen a few videos of Gabby Jesus. There's one
in his channel. Go check that out. And he's looking
like he's very close to coming back. Like probably
a month or two should be looking at getting onto
the bench and hopefully coming on the pitch because
he's running. He's kicking the ball. Yeah, he's
looking sharp as well. In terms of Kai Havertz,
he's probably going to need to take some time
out, get himself proper, proper fit. He might
have rushed himself back at the end of last season.
That might have contributed to his recurrence
of his injury now. So he just needs to kind of
take time out, make sure he gets back fit properly,
properly ready this time. And then obviously,
because, yeah, we're fine in the meantime. We've
got players like Jokeres, Marino to step in.
Martinelli could potentially play there so yeah
it's just important that we get these players
ready on the competition for places in the squad
I'm happy because at the end through the summer
through pre -season there are a lot of unknowns
and players that don't really understand their
role their future and at the end we have managed
to accomplish what we wanted we've taken an opportunity
as well to say thank you to some of the players
that left us after a few years and a great contribution
to the club and the team we wish them all the
very best and now we have clarity this is the
squad that we have here listed until january
and i'm very pleased with it i think this is
the best the strongest squad i've in terms of
depth it's the strongest squad i've seen as an
arsenal fan and that's spanning a long time um
in terms of quality verse 11 is up there may
not necessarily be the best but it's probably
in a comfortably in the top five um yeah we've
just got depth all over the pitch we've got competition
for places and yeah we've yeah i'll say we've
got the strongest squad in the league so um there's
no reason or excuses to not be looking at winning
trophies this season on discussions around contracts
of saka and saliba that never stops But I think
the collaboration between the club, what Andrea
Berta is doing and the agents is very good. I
think the good thing is that the players want
to remain here and they want to be a big part
of the history of this club in the next few years.
And that is always positive. And Andrea will
drive that and see where we go. I think I've
seen and heard both players effectively want
to stay at Arsenal. We're building a good thing
right now. There's something going on at Arsenal
where a lot of players want to join the club.
But we just need to kind of get over that line
so we can kind of convince these players that
they're in the right place to win major honours,
to reach their potential and to become legends
at this great football club. On if Salih got
trained today? Yes, he trained today. Okay. On
if there's room for a joker in an Arteta team.
I don't know if there's room for a joker in the
society, in this industry, in football right
now. I don't know if that will be respected and
viewed as something positive. I think the credit
as well went to former Chicago Bulls coach Phil
Jackson for how he managed Dennis Rodman's personality.
You can name it as you want it. But when he had
to compete... He helped him to win major trophies
and he was instrumental in that. Phil managed
to deal with his character in a really smart
way to get the best out of him. We have 19 different
nationalities, 26 different players. So we have
to live with them to get the best out of them.
Well, Jokers, I don't think they're kind of...
culture in this Arsenal team is Joker -y. However,
if I was to kind of picture their personalities
and think of who is the Joker in quotation marks,
I can see a Declan Rice maybe. I can see potentially
a Maduweke having a laugh with some of the young
lads like Ethan, you know. Even Declan Rice.
But I think on the whole, it's more of a driven,
focused kind of vibe that I'm getting, especially
with people like Saka, Saliba, Gabriel, Timba.
They're just poker -faced out, driven, ready
to win, move on. on if there's space for someone
who does things a bit differently on the pitch
like Rodman especially when he's effective and
then what he had to do in the team he was the
best in the league so you have somebody that
does something different to help you win football
matches it's more than welcome so yeah it's just
as I alluded to just about being driven and just
target driven really just to get results So as
long as you're getting results, the personality
is secondary. On why there's a negative perception
of us from the Liverpool game. I don't know because
I don't read that. But after reviewing the match
and analysing it, it's a very different perspective
to the one that I have in relation to that. You
have to respect every opinion. But in the end,
the opinion is going to be different. Whether
you win or lose, that's it. You have to accept
it. Well, I mean, Arteta earlier on in the press
conference said that he said he saw something
about us playing 3DMs. So I think he did read
it or see it. But in terms of watching back the
tapes of the game, it just goes back to the overall
kind of debate of were Arsenal too defensive
in the players' in the personnel that played,
that took to the pitch at Anfield? Or did we
kind of manage the game well, kind of, which
the game plan was effectively to get to 60, 70
minutes still in the game and then bring on the
techie players like Eze, Wanyeri, Dalman, Odegaard
to kind of either win the game or salvage something
from it? So it depends on what side of defence
you fall on. Also, another thing is, we went
two, three years without losing against the big
six, playing this hard -to -beat style. So why
change now all of a sudden against Liverpool
at Anfield, the champions? Open up and risk losing
when you could be tight defensively, keep things
tight, hard to beat, control the game. and then
nick the goal we did all of the above apart from
the latter which is the crucial and the most
difficult thing to do in football which is to
score on if we're in a better position than we
were last season after the first international
break yes for sure i think that's why we've done
it because last year we were much shorter especially
in certain positions and now i think we have
better depth better quality better options as
well because some players can play in two or
three different positions which is great to have
and it's going to give us very different outcomes
yeah that's for sure last season squad was nowhere
near as strong as it is now the window was awful
but now we have got a strong squad i think i've
heard a few people say the b team will get in
top seven and stuff like that the b team is amazing
I won't go that far. I think the B team is really
good. I would say the B team will beat other
B teams. But I'm not sure about top seven. And
I think our top A will comfortably beat our...
I think our A team will beat our B team for sure,
comfortably. And if it's hard to anticipate what
we'll face from Postakoglu's Forest before the
game, yes. But the moment the game starts, after
five minutes, we will see very clear behaviours.
what they want to do and that's what we have
prepared yeah like i said um arsenal just needs
prepared for a few different styles and obviously
adapt to that accordingly on if liverpool san
isaac changes the title race well they are the
strongest for sure they have recruited probably
the two most decisive players that were in europe
on the market and they've done really well to
recruit them They were very strong. I think we
need to look at ourselves and what we have to
do in terms of our abilities to be better than
them. So obviously he's referring to Florian
Wirtz and Alexander Isak signings, who are about
250 between them. But obviously he's giving them
the pressure and saying that they're favourites
for the league. On how to tackle... players going
through rises and peaks before their output goes
down. That normally happens as well, especially
with attacking players in relation to what they
have provided. But that's a very volatile thing
and you have to recognise that. First of all,
look at yourself, see if you are doing something
that is not helping their qualities or to get
in a position that they can express better or
have a better chance to exploit their qualities
there. then communicate with them as well it's
something quite normal in football especially
for an attacking player that have to create these
moments so yeah i think people like Maduweke
would like the ball a certain way people like
Eze would like the boost a certain way so like
Maduweke might like to run onto the ball whereas
someone like Eze wants the ball to feed from
deep so he can kind of travel the ball and bear
down an opponent's goal So it's just about getting
the relationships between the players. So for
instance, kind of Fiore and Eze kind of getting
used to playing with each other, getting used
to their tendencies and preferences and so on
and so forth. On if there's a fear of overcoaching
a player. It can be. Or coaching them badly.
It's like communication on the pitch. You can
say, no, I want you guys to coach. Coach. But
coach well. Because coaching badly is a terrible
thing to do. It's better not to coach and be
on mute than coach badly. That's always a line
that is very important. Well, put it this way.
No coach will say that they're coaching badly.
So that's the thing. You know what I mean? So
everyone's got to have belief in themselves and
their source that what they're doing is a positive
thing. So this overcoaching thing, it's only
the outsiders are going to... On how impressive
Madueke has been for Arsenal and England, I can
talk about what I've seen and what I have experienced
and I think the welcome that our supporters gave
to Noni from day one was incredible. So I don't
know all the ways that people communicated the
disagreement with that. But our supporters, they've
been exceptional and rightly so. because he's
an unbelievable player yeah i feel like money
is in an untapped talent and i think there's
levels which he can reach you know um he's a
young man i think he's 23 years old so i think
the more he plays the more he plays with timbo
ben white the more he can kind of get a relationship
going with them or him and just build his confidence
i feel like Yeah, as I said earlier, goals, assists,
goals, assists. That's what we need. On how difficult
it will be to stop Liverpool this year. It's
not about Liverpool. It's about the league in
general and how difficult it's going to be with
the level that it is to be so consistent and
win the amount of matches you need to earn the
right to win the Premier League. That's going
to be a really long run for all of us. Well,
yeah, Liverpool are rightly... sold favorites
especially with their signings they beat us a
few weeks back and also their current champions
however we need to focus on our job last season
we only lost four games but we drew over 10 and
a lot of those were to the so -called low block
side so it's fair to say it's obvious where we
need to improve. We brought in extra flair with
Eze, Maduweke and so on and so forth. So it's
just about kind of integrating those players
in the team, assimilating them with the tactics
and kind of just letting them express themselves,
especially Eze. On Gabriel Jesus being left out
of the Champions League squad, he had major surgery
That was going to take him many, many months.
So after discussing that with the medical staff
and understanding the schedule that we have had
and when we thought that he could be available,
that would be between December and January, we
decided to make that call like we've done in
the past with other players. Hopefully we did
it wrong and he comes back earlier. But at the
moment, the provision was very clear. So I think,
yeah, the fact that we could leave a play of
the quality of Gabriel Jesus is testament to
how the squad is right now, how strong the squad
is. I mentioned earlier in this video that I
thought Gabriel Jesus looks like he's ready to
almost make a comeback in the next month or so.
Arteta has mentioned December, January. I don't
think Gabriel Jesus would. could feel the way
because when i if you actually watch the video
on my channel you'll see in his face that he
he's ready he's trying to come back asap he ain't
trying to wait till december so um if i'm gonna
predict i think october november the latest i'd
say october i think we could see him in a match
day squad in october so that being said he should
probably feel Slightly disappointed that he isn't
in squad. On HIF, he'll be back around December
to start training with the team. It was around
that time, the schedule that we had. It's been
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