“In Germany, when you tell people about the FA Cup that if you draw you play again, they say, ‘What?’ Here you have penalties and extra time, but only after the second game. That’s the thing, it’s the number of games, football, football, football. With a perfect pre-season you are prepared for a long, long journey. What I can say about here is very positive, great country, great people, the food is much better than everybody said. OK, the weather is not great – like everyone said!”