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“It’s something that has been discussed for a while. There’s an ongoing negotiation between the club and the entourage of the player. The team and the sporting director will talk about the numbers. I don’t go in detail on those. What I ask him is to continue doing what he has been doing so far and focus on the season. He’s a nice guy and an exemplary professional. Then, I hope that they can find an agreement, but I know that anything can happen in football. Both parties must be satisfied. I demand to honor the jersey by giving the best until the end of the year and won’t go past that.”

“I don’t like to say that, as I consider all my lads starters. I’ll try to field the best formation in my mind. We need to keep getting results. That’s the foundation. We didn’t have a positive approach against Empoli. Sometimes the opponents can give us some trouble. We surely want to do better than last week.”

“I never go watch the matches of our adversaries and focus on our game. The whole team and enviroment should do the same. We have to make hay before some difficulties might arise. Romelu Lukaku was serene and worked well as usual. Only who has already won know what it takes, and I’ve seen a lot of silly things being bandied about.”

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