🚨 Marc Cucurella: “Diomandé helps me more than Vini Jr. in defense?
NO, it’s not that Diomandé helps me more, it’s that it gets HIGHLIGHTED more.
Diomandé tracks back and it’s ALL OVER THE NEWS. Vini makes 3 track backs, but doesn’t in 1 instance, and THAT is the one that will get highlighted.
If Vini scored 3 goals per match, no one would say ANYTHING to him.
The most important thing is that he gets back to his best because if he’s in his prime, we will have a SENSATIONAL team.” @tjcope
🚨 Marc Cucurella: “Does the team see Vini Jr. being sad?
Honestly, he seems good in the dressing room, he is happy.
But, a player likes to play well and in his case, playing well is scoring goals in every match or getting assists and now he isn’t finding his best version.
You also have to understand him, when a player has been playing at a spectacular level for 5 years, being one of the best in the world, you can understand that he’ll have a bad run, he’s a normal person in the end.
In my case, my first 6 months at Chelsea were a DISASTER.
What’s good is that I see him training hard and giving it his all, that’s what matters.” @tjcope
🚨 Jose Mourinho on which players give him the most headaches at Real Madrid:
“When I came here, I realised this generation of Madrid players is younger and less mature than the ones I managed in 2012.
“Güler will always make me repeat my instructions so he can implement them perfectly. He's a bad loser, but has self-control, and that's good for my team.
“Yan is the quiet kid, and he's always apologising whenever he makes a mistake. But I tell him, ‘Cristiano made more mistakes than anyone I've ever managed.’
“Kylian will always crack jokes, asking me to 1v1 him, and I tell him, ‘Kylian, I'm 63.’
“Valverde always wants to show me his shot power after training but I tell him ‘No no no no, show me on the pitch’
“I can't talk about all of them. Bellingham, Vini, Rüdiger, Cucurella, everyone is a vibe, but that's for another day.
“I am trying to build a family of Madrid players, and it seems to be working out just fine!”