“If I was a new manager in the Premier Leagu maybe I would be worried. I have been very fortunate because I have been ten years managing and seven of them have been consistently in the Premier League so I can speak from a good position of what pressure is. Whatever you’re fighting for – winning the FA Cup, fighting relegation, trying to get into the top four - I have that experience.

“You’re looking at a squad, the players we have and the signs we have shown this season and this is not a group that has hit the roof, or reached a level of being are quite happy to be seventh and hoping for a good season. We’re trying to be forward thinking and on the front foot, a team that can score and compete against anyone and we have seen signs.

“At home we have not been able to win enough, that’s the truth and we have to face it. But it’s not going to happen overnight, it’s a process. We manage funds very well, we have sold very well, and invested very well. We have not had a £300m investment. We just manage our assets very well and end up with a squad I feel has the potential to get somewhere special.