Roberto De Zerbi: “Football is my life - my life is football” | OneFootball

Roberto De Zerbi has explained how ‘football gave me everything’ as the countdown continues to his first game as our Head Coach at Sunderland on Sunday (2pm UK).

It’s the first of seven crucial games remaining in the Premier League as we look to climb the table between now and the end of the season.

Roberto, who signed a long-term deal last week, gave us his thoughts on how he believes in the squad here and how we have to take the run-in game by game in his first interview last week.

First training session | Roberto De Zerbi

He also laid out just what football means to him. “Many times, I said that football is my life and my life is football, but it's true, because football is my work,” he said.

“I respect football because football gave me everything. For me, it's not a real work, it's a passion. If I stay at home, I watch football. If I work, I watch football and nothing changes - stay at home or be a coach.

“For me, Tottenham, especially in this moment, is maybe the most important challenge in my career. I'm ready to start this challenge and I want to work with my characteristics, with my passion, with my vision of football and with my technologies as well.”

First interview | Roberto De Zerbi