“We need to create good build-up play, with easy passes in midfield, to achieve good passes for our strikers further up the pitch.

“I believe when the ball goes from a central defender to a striker, the ball comes back as quickly as it goes, and we have to make it clear that we are building up in our first process, whether that is defenders or midfielders, and that is why we need players of quality, to play in that style, and we have the players to do that. And I think by [the close of the transfer window on] August 31, we will have the right players to play the way we want.”