On looking forward to Oxford:
"Very much. It is obviously a competition that is attached to the successful history of this club, so on Monday we’ll have a good start and a good test."
Team news:
"No, there’s no worries."
Oxford as a club:
"It’s always tricky, I’ve played there a few times and have experienced very difficult matches, so it will be difficult.
"We have to take the competition and the opponent very seriously and play well, to a high level to win the match."
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No more red campaign:
"It’s great. I think the support the club have given to the community and vice-versa, and the fact that we are constantly doing these kind of things is very important. It helps keep a lot of people, especially young people, safe in our community.
On the transfer window:
There are no updates.
Fixture congestion:
"It is a competition that we are really looking forward to play in, and brings back huge memories to our football club and the team, because not many years ago we won it, but also last year how we went out of the competition.
"It’s a competition that we really want to play in and compete."
Ambition to win the tournament:
"The ambition is to win on Monday first, and then go slowly because it’s a long run."
What does he expect from Oxford?
"It will be difficult. From what we’ve seen they’ve played in different ways, and result-wise as well they’ve had a bit of everything.
"It’ll be a very special night and everybody will raise their level and it will be tough."
Can Smith Rowe fulfil Granit Xhaka's role in the team and is he fit to play?
"Emile can play as an attacking midfielder, as a winger and even as a nine; I think he’s played there before. First of all, we need him fit and at his best, and when we have that, we have an incredible player that we have missed a lot in the last few months.
"Tomorrow he trains well, he will hopefully be available to give us something in the game."
How it is becoming more difficult to agree deals at valuations that match the clubs':
"Valuations have to be made between the selling club and the buying club, and it is difficult but it shows there are a lot of clubs with a lot of financial power to spend big amounts, and we have to compete with them.
"To be smart, we have to see good opportunities and we have to be attractive for players. At the end of the day, players decide where they want to play, and if they want to play for our club, that is great."
Touchline behaviour debate:
"I’m not part of that debate. I think publicly they can have their opinions. I try to do my best for this football club, to defend it, to promote it, to play with the passion I believe the game has to be played with.
"There are moments, it is not the way I behaved against West Ham, every game is special. Every manager behaves differently regarding the circumstances. You cannot take the context out of a situation, I don’t think that is fair. That’s me! Whether I am here or on the pitch, that’s me, the good and the bad!
Is it instructions or encouragement on the touchline:
"It depends, the other day it wasn’t very focused on that, it was focused on other aspects."
Does his behaviour impact the players:
"That’s not for me to say. I hear a lot of times that this team is the mirror of the coach or the passion, I don’t know.
Is he going to change?
"That’s me. I will always try to be better.
"Whatever I do, if it is tomorrow or the next day, is to make the club stronger, my players better, play better and win. So if I have to do something, I will do it.
"If I have to change something, believe me, I will look in the mirror at myself and I will change it very quickly.
The behaviour of his coaches on the touchline when he played:
"It’s different now. I remember a lot of managers, I had one in particular who was incredible but it’s different. There are moments. One man is not the same 20 years later because of the circumstances, not just the age."
Does the criticism annoy him?
To be fair I have not read it. Is the criticism negative or positive, because criticism is not always negative, it can be very positive.
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