The first introduction I had with English football was in the FA Cup in the early '80s.
As a kid, Liverpool was big for us.
Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine.
You have to love your job.
If you love your job the way I do and the way we do as a team and what we want to achieve, you have to love every aspect of it.
Of course you learn a lot as a player when you pay attention to managers when they speak to you.
I would say, 24/7, I am thinking about football.
I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my players, what can I do, what is tomorrow, what can I give to them to improve them.
If you embrace a project that will require time and patience, then you need something to work on. So the first step of the project is to create an identity. If you don't have an identity, then today you want this player and tomorrow another one. If you have an idea and a shape, then this is how you develop an identity.
You cannot have a situation where you think that if you want to attack, then you play this formation, and if you want to defend, then you play this formation.
The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.
I respect the people who work with me, and I respect the crowds in the stadiums - I just live the game and try to advise my players in the right moments. If that means I have to raise my arms and jump, I will raise my arms and jump if that is the best way to help them.
Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.
I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.
I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.
One of the things that is most difficult for a manager is reversing bad results and keeping going.
When you win, you want to repeat it.
This is the way I look at the future: day by day.
When you have a small, balanced squad, you can work better. First of all everyone is involved in every squad list, a meeting can be a good training session.
I love everything about football.
