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Granit Xhaka has come out and apologised to fans, do fans sometimes forget the pressure players are put under?

I cannot talk specific about one situation you are asking me now. To be honest I didn't see the action and didn't see the situation. I cannot talk with all the arguments, but we understand very well that every single player and every single coaching staff are under pressure. When the fans are in the stand the emotion is there and in our side we need to understand. I don't want to talk too much as I didn't see but hear some bits. It's not right to give my opinion about what happened with him.

At academy level there is a meeting with all Premier League clubs about banning heading in the academies because of dementia found in the findings, what are your thoughts on that?

First of all I am not a person with the knowledge about, I am not a doctor. Of course it is a sensitive subject and we need to stay open to help the people that can provide us the better information and advice. Health is the most important in life. We need to be open and try to provide the best to our kids because they are the future of football, the country, life and world. It is a sensitive thing that we need to listen to people that have the knowledge.

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Has it been a good week on the training pitch?

It was an important week to recover the feelings after a tough game against Liverpool. Important again to create that and achieve all what you want. It's a situation that only we can fix winning games. We know very well it is our responsibility to deliver a very good job and very good performance on Sunday against a very good team like Everton trying to win because it's going to be the best medicine to fix all.

Is it good for Giovani Lo Celso that he's back in the Argentina squad or is it a slight worry?

In general always the manager you want your players at home. For him it's going to be tough because when he's nearly fit again to start to play he needs to go away. Changing the dynamics of training sessions situations can happen, some wrong situations. Being honest I am not happy, but I accept as I always defend the national team and back the decision of national team as I was a player and know what it feels to play. I can do nothing, only to show and describe my feelings.

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Do people need to give Dele time and remember he is young?

We need to remember that Dele is so young and the demand and the pressure on him is massive. Everyone expects big things from him – he's English, an international but he's only 23 years old. He was fantastic, he's dropped a little bit but we need to help and back him. He does not need to pay attention too much, he needs to be focussed, improve, try and be strong again and start to perform in the way everyone expects.

Have you looked at the table, how does it look? But a few wins and you can be back up?

We need to be positive, feel that positivity and make us believe that we can beat any team. At the moment we struggle with our confidence, we drop a lot. That's only time. The most important thing is how we're going to finish, it's not this moment. It's not nice to see us in the middle of the table, but that's the reality that we need to accept and by accepting that we can only improve. If not you're going to struggle. In our minds, we need time, need to strong, be solid and start to win.

6-2 last year?

For me, it's always the same – every single game is different, every single game demands something different. It's a good memory but we want to win. Any result is going to be good for us.

Happy, ready to go?

Yes, I'm happy. Today is only Friday, you need to arrive Sunday with good energy. The weather is not so good today, it is not so exciting to go out but I think we're in a good mood.

With Danny Rose suspended, might we see Ryan Sessegnon in the squad?

We're assessing all the players this weekend. We have tomorrow a session and then travel to Liverpool and we'll see if he can be involved.

Is he ready though to be part of the group?

He's there, I cannot say that he's complete in the way that we can say we trust him to play 90 minutes. We have a big squad, it's difficult to give the possibility, but he's still young. He needs to work hard, he had a long period of injury, but for sure he is going to get an opportunity to play in the future. He came from Fulham with a massive injury, we are working hard to try to give the level. Always when you have a squad like we have, a big squad, you need to wait for the opportunity and be ready.