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Every word from Ruben's press conference

Have you set the team targets this season?

"We want to return to Europe. But it's hard as a Man United coach to say one thing like that. But we need to be realistic with our fans, that we are going to have to fight a lot because there are lots of good teams who have had more time than us together. But we are going to fight for it. We want to improve, we need to focus game-by-game. If we are thinking how we're going to finish the season, it's a problem. Let's focus game-by-game -- we want to win against Arsenal. That is the main focus."

You obviously know Viktor Gyokeres very well from Sporting. When you signed him he hadn't even played in the Premier League, he went on to score 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting. Did you see something there that other people hadn't seen? Did he develop quicker and better than you could have expected?

"That is a question for Mikel, but Viktor is in a different league, the physicality is different. In Sporting, they have a very good group of scouting, because we get from that the players that they can buy and then sell to survive. I think he's a very good player, he's going to give different characteristics. It's going to be different if we face in the beginning of the game if we face Viktor or Havertz, for example. So, we need to be prepared for that, but it's not a surprise to watch Viktor in a big club in England."

Rasmus didn't get off the bench against Fiorentina, there's the potential that he might be sold this window. What's his situation and is he still part of your plans for selections?

"He's one more option. We will see. We are focused on this game, and Rasmus is still our player."

Just on the midfield situation, do you want a new midfielder to come in?

"I'm really happy with our players. They are working really well, we have different players for that position, so we are prepared to win any game with our players."

Are there any players who could potentially step into midfield who aren't seen as out-and-out midfielders, do you think?

"Maybe Mason Mount is a player that I think can play in that position if we want something different. But then we are going to find out [during] the season. We have players to cope to win games in the Premier League."

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