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Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi on Micky van de Ven being named as the new captain: “The new captain is Micky van de Ven. Second is Pedro Porro, third Ben Davies, fourth James Maddison and fifth Archie Gray.

"Why five? Because I want as many captains inside the pitch and to be clear in the situation and the position. Every one of them deserves to be captain or in the group of captains."

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca, asked if he understood that the club would be in a state of change when he agreed to take the role:

"First of all, the contact with the club was not at the beginning of the year [the reporter suggested he was offered the role in January], it was almost at the end of the season. I knew exactly that there was change, not only the manager but also in terms of players. The good thing is that the club knows exactly where we are, this is the most important thing, what we need. But also, the club, they know that we are changing, and I was completely aware of that."

Asked whether he feels he was handed a 'hospital pass':

"No, no. I said on day one, it's a privilege to be here. A huge club, a huge organisation. I'm convinced because of the players, the club, what we can do, that we can achieve something important. Now it's normal that it's not something magic, day after day, it's something to build. And we're going to build."

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Enzo Maresca on whether he's confident that misunderstandings apparent between Manchester City players in the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal can be minimised moving forward:

"We need to solve it quickly, because now we start games. We need to solve problems as soon as possible. The Arsenal game for me was for different reasons, but it's also normal at the beginning that there is misunderstandings. Because for the most part for players it's something new."

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Circling back to Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca, he has given us more news on Jeremy Doku's injury:

"Unfortunately, in the last game, at half-time, he was complaining about a little pain in his calf. The idea with him was to play 45 minutes, in any case.

"The change was planned. At the moment, it looks like two or three weeks, no more than that."

Liverpool

Andoni Iraola on whether Liverpool have enough leaders in the squad: "We lost a lot in terms of experience, high-level players who have performed so well for so many years here - but I think it is also a natural thing in clubs.

"I think we have a lot of young players wiling to take those minutes and ready to take those leadership roles. Overall, I am very happy with the attitude of the players in the pre-season.

"Pre-season is always easier for the manager because there are less complaints about minutes, being out of the squad and other things - but still I think everyone has been very ready to understand what we demand from them and I'm happy with the feeling I have with this group of players."

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On Alexander Isak's return to former club Newcastle, Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said: "It's always special when you play against your old team in their stadium. In the same way when I go back to play against Bournemouth, you always want to do well in the Premier League. The first game of the season everyone is going to be very motivated and I think it's going to be the same for Alex."

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One person Andoni Iraola was asked about was Alexander Isak.

Sunday's visit to Newcastle United will be the first time Isak has returned to St James' Park since his acrimonious departure from the Magpies last summer.

The 26-year-old has struggled for both form and fitness since his record £125 million move to Liverpool 12 months ago, but will be hoping to kick-start his Reds career this weekend at a place he once called home.

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Back to Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola, who has been speaking about Newcastle and their new manager Matthias Jaissle: "We knew Matthias from before. But now that we are playing the first game of the season against him, you over analyse everything, even the teams he has coached before.

"We do not have too many friendlies as a reference with Newcastle, but in the end, I do not think it changes the style too much.

"Newcastle will still be strong in transition, with very fast players up front. They are a physical team, especially at home, and the atmosphere at St James' Park is going to be intense.

"We know it is not an easy game to start the season, so we have to be ready for the challenge and the level of their players."

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We have a few more quotes to bring you from Andoni Iraola, but Tottenham manager Roberto de Zerbi is also talking and we have his comments coming to you shortly.

He says "we have not finished yet in the transfer market".

More to follow.

Liverpool

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola on potentially signing Bradley Barcola, Yankuba Minteh, and a replacement for Curtis Jones: "You know what I am going to tell you? We cannot speak about players who are not ours. I understand the questions.

"With Curtis, it is not official, but it is an ongoing situation. I spoke to him in the first or second training session. I valued him highly as a player. He loved this club, that was very clear. But I understood that the outcome was going to be what it has been in the end.

"In terms of what we need, there are certain situations that, for me, are clear, especially on the wing because we do not have enough players able to play in those positions. Beyond those positions, I think we have to be open-minded in the market and look at situations that can improve our team.

"It is not about signing a player because we need someone in a particular position. No. It is about improving the squad. We have very good players already here, so to improve, you need a specific level of player."

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If a 3-0 defeat by Arsenal in the Community Shield wasn't the first impression which Enzo Maresca wanted to make, the new Manchester City manager has a good opportunity to put things right quickly.

Maresca has been gifted what is, on paper, a more gentle start to their Premier League campaign.

Here are City's first five fixtures:

• Bournemouth (H)
• Crystal Palace (A)
• Coventry City (H)
• Manchester United (A)
• Sunderland (H)

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca on whether he has a desire to look at more experienced players to replace the experience his squad has lost over the summer:

"When players are good, they are good. I don't mind the age. In my previous experience, we had the youngest squad in the Premier League [at Chelsea]. But when they are good, they are good.

"For sure, players with experience can give you different things but we have 10 days to go and hopefully we can do the things we plan."

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Enzo Maresca was also asked whether his squad is in a good state to meet his ambitions and expectations:

"I think we have a good squad, for sure. It's a context, it's not an excuse, but a context - when you make many changes, not only the manager, Rodri was here, John [Stones] was here, Bernardo [Silva] was here.

"It's a big change, but it doesn't mean that we won't be ready to compete. We need to be ready, I want to compete. The reason I'm here is because I want to try and win titles, and carry on what this club stands for in the last 15 years.

"Where we are now, it's a bit complicated because we started one month ago. But the intention is to compete as soon as possible."

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca asked what the minimum number of players he'd like to bring in:

"We don't have minimum or maximum, it depends a bit. I said after the last game, in case you win or lose games, we're not going to change our perspective or our idea on how many players we need.

"We know exactly what we need, how many we need, and we'll see now in the next 10 days."

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca, asked whether he sees Phil Foden in competition with Rayan Cherki to play behind Erling Haaland:

"They can play together, in different positions. But for sure they are quite similar.

"At the end I think if you want to build an important team, you need competition inside the team. So it's good that Phil and Rayan have competition. But again they can also play together in some games."

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More from Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola on the future of Cody Gakpo: "Cody is performing really well. I think he has been training very well from the first day and understanding everything we need from his position.

"When you talk to him, you can feel that he understands the game and he is very smart. He has been one of our best players in the friendlies and performing very well.

"I cannot tell you the starting XI, the players don't know it, but he is definitely in a great spot."

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca on bringing Phil Foden's training form into games:

"For me, personally, Foden had a good game in the last game. You can see that he's sharp, good. From day one, he looks very, very good.

"People in the building are saying that compared to Phil in the last year or two years, he is a completely different player in terms of mood, what he shows in the session.

"This is what we want. Phil is from the academy, from the house. It's nice for everyone to see him getting better and better."

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca on whether he will get time and patience from supporters to mould the squad in his image:

"It's clear that there are changes, players, managers, we are a club where we cannot wait for time to compete. We need to compete from day one.

"Arsenal game [Sunday's loss in the Community Shield], we wanted to win, we didn't win, after analysing the game for different reasons, the focus has to be on Bournemouth, Premier League, all the games we have."

On the importance of staying calm:

"Very important, for sure, very important. When we win games, fans are happy, but I'm happy when we win games. When we don't win games, everyone is upset. It's important to win games because we are all more happy but no doubt we are going to win games."

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola says Alisson, Dominik Szoboszlai and Joe Gomez will be captains along with Virgil van Dijk when asked if he has decided who his vice captain will be.

Alisson won't wear the armband on the pitch though because Iraola says the new regulations will limit him.

More to follow.

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Enzo Maresca on whether he is concerned that Manchester City are leaving it late to build the squad:

"I'm not worried, I'm not concerned. Since day one, we knew exactly what we need. We are working together with the sport director of the club, there are 11 days to go and many things can happen."