CAN THIS MEAN A NEW FUTURE?
“A new future, for me it is not the case but it is going to help us to finish the season, if people will look at our team in a different way because winning a European title is really important. But, again, it’s not going to change our season. The players know, everyone knows, the fans know, the staff know but winning a European title can help us have that feeling to build the future.”
ARE MORE STAFF JOBS ON THE LINE?
“Again, I think it is not the case. We are doing things that we need to do. For example, I came to the club, it was said in order to survive and buying players, you need to be in the Champions League and this is not the case. Or club can have revenues without the Champions League. It’s a big club, a massive club, with a lot of fans around the world. It is a big brand so we just need to be focused on doing things the right way. So I don’t see it like that, I’m always fighting for more than myself, for my players, my staff and, especially, the fans.”
THE DIFFERENT SELECTIONS LAST WEEK
“The advantage, I don’t know. You have to see the context. I don’t know the context of Tottenham. What I know is we had the last game against Bilbao, we had that game and then had to rest some players. We were afraid of some injuries but then had a full week to prepare for the game. I felt, with five days to the final, the big thing to prepare for the final was to give time to the players to play. I can’t respond from the side of Tottenham but, for me, it’s really clear. We need to compete and the best way to prepare for something is to compete. We had that feeling, we pushed the players at the end of the game against West Ham. I felt we should show something against Chelsea, that when we are focused, when we play our game, we can control any game. It was a good way to prepare for the final, that was the idea.”