“We have to prepare for the season and when you have a lot of commercial activities also for the players, and you have to travel distances, you have to fly a lot, you have also jet lag, and that isnot very positive for a good preparation. But the tour was already arranged [before I became manager] so I have to adapt and I shall adapt.”

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