Roberto Mancini: "We are ready to play and give 100% tomorrow"

The Zenit boss on the upcoming Europa League game and the club's recent transfers.
Will we see two very different teams tomorrow and on Sunday at the game with Spartak?

The two teams will differ significantly from each other, as we have two difficult games in three days.

Zenit have spent a lot of money on transfers, more than any club in the Premier League. Sergey Fursenko says that this is an investment in the future, but what do you plan for the present?

Over the past year, many good players left Zenit, the backbone of the side. Many of the current purchases are aimed at the future and these young players have joined our team. Indeed, Zenit have spent the most of all the clubs in the Premier League, but there is investment in the future of the team. I am sure these players will help us.

Are the players' minds on the match with Spartak? How can you focus them for tomorrow's meeting?

In football, you can't look at too many matches at once. You have to look at the next game and completely focus on it. I will demand from the players that they will take to the pitch tomorrow with only a maximum desire to win.

Why are there so many transfers from Argentina?

There is nothing unusual about this, many clubs buy football players from Latin America, many clubs buy Brazilian players during the transfer window. We had an opportunity to buy some young, promising and very talented players. It so happened that most of them are from Argentina. I hope that they will help us win in our upcoming matches, I'm very glad that they have joined us. We also wanted to buy Neymar, but unfortunately PSG beat us to him.

Is Mammana ready for tomorrow's game?

He has only recently joined us and is not in the squad for tomorrow, but he will be ready for the next match.

Did Bnei Yehuda give you any surprises in the first match?

Every match is complicated, every game requires full concentration. If you don't concentrate, you can let yourselves down and lose. We are ready to play and give 100% tomorrow. We will also take into account Sunday's match.

Will you ask for the roof to be closed at the stadium tomorrow if it's raining?

Of course, that's what it's for

Are you happy with the new press centre here at Zenit's training camp?

Yes, I like everything very much. Not only the new press centre, but the whole of Gazprom Training Centre, which was recently been reconstructed.