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00:00How are you enjoying the pre-season and what are the key things you've been trying to achieve so far?
00:06I'm enjoying it a lot.
00:09The pitches are great.
00:11The boys are full of energy.
00:13Pep and Jurgen already said to me last season that I'm going to enjoy working with them
00:18and they haven't lied at all.
00:20Full of energy. Also the youngsters coming from the academy,
00:23they have the same intensity.
00:25And the guys are open to learn.
00:28And the way I see it, the way I feel it, is that they enjoy them as well.
00:33The three most important ingredients.
00:36You touched on it there, but you already knew a lot about this squad and the quality within it.
00:40Are you seeing that on the pitch? Are you seeing those signs already?
00:43Yes, I'm seeing it, but honestly I think the most players that are here at the moment
00:50are coming from the under-21s and I have to give them a compliment
00:54because they are full of energy.
00:56They like to press, like to counter-press.
00:59So they've been taught really well, is that the right word to use?
01:03And the ones that are here from the first team are giving the right example to the youngsters.
01:08So it's been a joy to work with them in the first week.
01:11We've got Watte and Mo back with the squad now.
01:13It must be nice to have added them in.
01:15What's the plan for them over the next few days and weeks
01:18and integrating them with the other players?
01:21Mo came back strong, so he's really fit.
01:26That's what he's always been, but it's the same this year.
01:30What you want from them is, like I said just a second ago,
01:34set the example for the youngsters as well.
01:36For them it's very important, just like the other ones from the first team,
01:40that they stay fit.
01:42Like I said, they are full of energy and that's the most important thing at the moment.
01:47Keep them fit, build it up from there and try to learn them as much as we can.
01:53In terms of your coaching staff, we've got Fabian now here with the goalkeeping department.
01:57How nice to have him actually with us now after the Copa America?
02:00Yeah, he also had a tournament.
02:02He was with the USA team.
02:04Unfortunately for him, they went out of the tournament.
02:09I gave him a few weeks off, but he said,
02:12no, I want to come as soon as I can.
02:14So he's already in now, after one week of holiday,
02:17and I think that is what you like to see.
02:20Although having a holiday is important as well,
02:22but you like to see staff members, players,
02:25that they want to come in as early as they can to join the team
02:28and help us for hopefully a very good season.
02:31And just finally on that note, Aaron, as well as the fourth new staff member,
02:35who's now confirmed as part of your team.
02:37Could you just tell us what you see his role and what you're expecting from him in the set-up?
02:42I don't know if it's the exact right word to use in English,
02:45but he's most importantly finding the bridge between the youth academy and the first team,
02:50doing a lot of one-on-one meetings with the players as well,
02:53and of course help us during the training sessions.
02:55So he's just a member of our staff,
02:57maybe a bit more focused to the players that are in between,
03:00and the 21 and the first team.
03:02But he has an analyst background as well,
03:06as well as being an assistant coach.
03:09So we're going to use him in every department.