Enzo Maresca, coach of the English football team Manchester City, said that Enzo Fernandez transferred the mentality of victories to the team, which quickly impressed his teammates.
The British news agency, PA Media, reported that it had been less than two weeks since Fernandes joined Manchester City from Chelsea in a deal worth 125 million pounds ($169.18 million), which was a record deal in Britain, but the Argentine player’s influence inside the locker room was immediate.
“You can see how his teammates talk about him when it comes to the winning mentality,” Maresca said.
He added: “Players who have previously won and know how to achieve victories, it is important that they be part of our team.”
He continued: “He works hard every day, and he is polite. "It works well, and that's what we need."
He knows Marisca Fernandez well, having trained him when he was Chelsea's technical director for a season and a half.
The Manchester City coach has witnessed the development of the midfielder's performance, and now sees him as a much greater attacking threat.
The Italian coach said: “He is improving a lot.” Maybe during the last two years with us, he became a more attacking midfielder. “Before, he played in a slightly deeper position.”
He added: “He is amazing around the penalty area in terms of scoring and making goals, and he is also improving a lot in terms of leadership.”
Fernandes participated in his first match with Manchester City in the match in which they won against Coventry in the last round, after Marisca suddenly pushed him into the starting lineup instead of the bench, after Nico O’Reilly suffered an injury during the warm-up period.
The player also participated in the victory over Porto in the Champions League in midweek, and may maintain his place in the starting lineup during the summit match against Manchester United, scheduled to be held tomorrow, Sunday, at Old Trafford.
Richarlison's proposed transfer to Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian football club, has stalled, and the striker is expected to remain with Tottenham Hotspur until next January.
Tottenham had made it clear to the Brazilian striker, before the close of the transfer period in England, that he was not part of the first team’s plans for the current season.
But Richarlison failed to complete his return to his former club Everton before the transfer deadline on September 1, and after he was excluded from Tottenham’s 25-man squad to participate in the English Premier League last week, the possibility of him moving to Vasco da Gama also faltered.
Tottenham coach Roberto De Zerbe had started Richarlison in the team's opening league match against Brentford on August 22, but he said last Friday that the 29-year-old player "made all the decisions on his own", following his absence from the team's roster.
After the closure of the transfer periods in Turkey and Saudi Arabia last Friday and Sunday, respectively, one of the few opportunities remaining for Richarlison was to return to Brazil in a final transfer deal, especially since Tottenham had already exhausted its quota of 6 loans for players from outside England.
Vasco club, which Richarlison has supported since his childhood, has emerged as a realistic solution to the player’s crisis, and has already reached an agreement with Tottenham regarding the financial compensation on Friday, but Richarlison failed to reach an agreement on personal terms, according to what the British news agency “PA Media” learned.
With the transfer window closing in Brazil on Saturday, Richarlison is expected to continue with Tottenham during the first half of the season, despite his inability to participate in the English Premier League.
When De Zerbe was asked about the latest developments regarding Richarlison during the press conference on Friday, he said: “I don’t know.”
He added: “This is not my job. What I can say is that I know very well what the club did for Richarlison, and I know very well what Richarlison did for the club over the past month and the past two months.” He continued: “I know, the club knows, he knows, and his agent knows. “Everyone knows better than you (the media).”
It was reported that Richarlison tried this week to consider terminating the last nine months of his contract with Tottenham.
Vincent Kompany, coach of the German football team Bayern Munich, said that he will not underestimate the importance of his rival, Elfersberg, who is playing his first season in the German League this season, and has so far presented surprising levels that have made him the dark horse of the competition.
The newly promoted team is so far ahead of the German giant by two points in the standings, after achieving two victories in two matches, while Bayern Munich swept Stuttgart at the beginning of its league campaign, before drawing 0-0 with Schalke in the last round.
“We take every match seriously,” Kompany said in a press conference held on Saturday. “Every season brings new challenges, and this is something I love about football.”
He added: “We always want to show what Bayern Munich represents, wherever we go. "It's a new area for us, but we want to remain the same Bayern Munich."
Elfersberg is the smallest club in the history of the German League, and it is not a representative of an independent city at all. It belongs to the municipality of Spiazen-Elfersberg, which has a population of about 13 thousand people.
There is no train station in the town, and the infrastructure surrounding the stadium, which still looks like a construction site, is a problem. Perhaps the term “village club” has never been more appropriate.
But these things do not represent a problem for Bayern Munich. “You take the plane for an hour, then you continue the bus journey for an hour, then you play football, there is nothing more than that,” Kompany said. Whether the match is in Dortmund or Elfersberg, the motivation remains the same.”
The coach indicated that winger Serge Gnabry may be able to participate, but that the decision will be made after the last training session.
Kompany said: “I think he will participate tomorrow or against Union Berlin next week, but we still have to talk to Serge. He must give us the signal that he does not feel that anything might happen to him when he shoots the ball or changes direction. Other than that, all the players are ready and at our disposal.”
