🚨🎙️Micky Van de Ven on dealing with a relegation battle and De Zerbi’s expectations:
"I didn't even go out at one point. I thought do I actually deserve to do fun things? Maybe you're looking at it in the extreme, but you want to turn things around at all costs.
"De Zerbi literally said to me: 'I'm going to need you very badly in this period and I'm going to have to rely on you a lot.' I had to become a leader even more, even though I am still young.
When we were safe? It literally felt like I was a hundred kilos lighter. All the stress was gone right away."
🚨⚪️ Negotiations continue between Spurs and Brighton for Jan Paul van Hecke, talks planned again this week.
Van Hecke wants the move, Roberto De Zerbi wants him. Club to club talks still on after Brighton rejected two proposals.
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lionel Scaloni on how did Leo Messi communicate his presence in the World Cup:
"Well, I simply sent him a message. He told me that he would wait for the squad announcement…"
"He asked me whether he would be among the called-up players. So I told him: ‘Alright, you’re in the squad,’ and that was the end of it."
"We all expected that he might make some kind of announcement and I was probably the first to think he would. But in the end, he did what any player would do, he waited for the coach’s call-up. That’s all."
"It gave me a lot of peace of mind when he told me he wasn’t going to make any announcement and that he would simply wait for the list of selected players. And that’s exactly what happened."