 Andoni, good afternoon. Welcome to Bournemouth. Welcome to the Premier League. If I could take you back to the first moments when Bournemouth made their approach to you, what was that like for you personally? How did it happen? And what was your thought process when you got this initial approach from the club? For me it was a great opportunity, you know, because it's Premier League probably right now, for sure. Best league in the world. Also I liked a lot of things about the club. We knew the club. I always talk about a lot of set pieces, you know. We were familiar with the set pieces. We had some plays that were the same as Bournemouth. It was the first thing that came to my mind when they approached. And now that I know the club a little bit more, now that I've seen new faces, I've known new people. I'm sure it's the right choice for me. I hope I can be at the level, but I'm really grateful and the welcome has been for me very, very nice. Have you ever had a connection with the club before? Have you ever spoken to previous managers? Have you ever watched Bournemouth play? Yes, obviously the games. I had watched it before. I didn't have any relationship, probably. We're now ready. We're now ready. He was there in Madrid visiting us. And obviously we talked about it. Also now Jason is in Tindall. We had talked previously about Bournemouth, but not anymore I think. Miquel Arteta, the Arsenal boss has said he's happy that you've joined Bournemouth and the Premier League. I believe you have a relationship with him that goes back to when you used to play with him when you were 13 or 14 years old. Have you spoken to him about the Bournemouth job, when you got the approach, and is there anyone else you've spoken to about the Premier League before you decided to take the job? No, Miquel. I know him. Probably we played together with 19 years old. It's true that we kind of lost the relationship. We know that once we meet we're going to give a hug and we can talk about a lot of things, but we haven't kind of maintained a relationship. He can call him right now, but it's not that we are the ones who talk every single week. And obviously I know players, coaches from other clubs that have worked in other clubs and everyone is talking very good about Bournemouth, about the Premier and the first days I've been here. I think it's everything easy for the coaches here because clubs make our work very easy and now we have to do our job to do the correct things and to get the results. The Bournemouth fans will naturally be excited about your appointment. What can you tell them about your DNA, your philosophy and the style of football that they can expect to see next season? We want to be an efficient team. It's not like we want to be offensive or defensive now, an efficient team. The teams I've coached, normally we try to play as high as we can on the pitch, try to play with a high rhythm, try to have a good offensive volume. Sometimes we get bit or press gets bit and we have to stay low and defend low in low block. But I don't think we want to be there and I don't think we are comfortable with this style and we will try to be proactive with and without the ball. There's a lot of talk at the moment about transfers. Naturally Premier League transfers a huge business in Europe and the world. Have you had the opportunity to speak to the board about what you would like to do in the transfer window, the players you'd like to recruit and the type of approach you'd like? Yes, for me it's important they understand and I'm sure talking to them they understand the way the team is going to play, the profiles we need, the things we need from the players from each position and I'm pretty sure they understand and they are trying to do their best. They've been working for a lot of months and they know the market much better than me and they know the players much better than me. I will have the club, I will give my opinion, I will tell them if I think one player can fit well in our system or not but I don't think managers should be the ones signing the players. Have you been given a budget or a number of players or anything like that? Have you had those conversations? No, truly I'm much more focused on knowing the players. We have, for me, our new faces, we have to know the ones we already have that we have been training and know where they can play in our system, what position they can occupy to perform and obviously there will be new signings but I'm not so concerned about the new signings because I have a lot of work to do before and I know the club is working on it. And just finally for me, the club was taken over in November by Bill Foley and his consortium which included Michael B. Jordan, the Hollywood actor. Have you had the opportunity to have long discussions with Bill and build that relationship because he's so passionate about the club being successful? What's he said to you about the job and the role and the targets that he wants you to achieve? Yeah, Bill is an owner that is willing to improve everything in the club. We can see it from the first day, new facilities, he's thinking new stadium, how can he help more everyone involved in the club, the players, the staff and I think it's very good. He has also the sporting culture. He's been also successful this season with Las Vegas Knights and I think he wants the best for FC Bournemouth and we'll try to help him. Thank you. And then what is the target for this first season if I could offer you 17th place? Would that be enough? Would you take that today? I don't believe too much in long term goals, you know. I am more focused. Okay, we play West Ham, let's get prepared. We play Anfield, let's get prepared. At the end we have to be realistic. It's true that probably main goal will be, okay, we are next season again Premier League but I'm much more concerned about how we are going to do it, how we're going to arrive, how we're going to play, how we're going to improve the team and we'll take it game by game. Let's stay prepared. Long term goals, you start the season, you don't start well, the goal will be to remain. You start very well and then you start thinking about other goals. I feel that it's much logical to think game by game. Fair enough. You said the team will be efficient. I've seen ex-players and people who've watched your Royal Valorant side describe them as chaos but fun. Is that a fair description? I think that I don't like the games to be too controlled, you know. You are on the ball for 30 seconds and then they are on the ball for one minute and I prefer some kind of, even if we are not so clinical, so sharp, we try to attack as soon as we can. We open the game, we have a good volume of crosses, of chances, even if sometimes when you want to play high, when you want to arrive, sometimes you will suffer at the back but we have to be ready. I think we have good defenders also. We have to stay compact even if we are high, we are low but I don't want to say to use this word you talked about. Fair enough. When you are looking for the players here and new players, they can all play at this level. What is the one attribute above all others that you need from your players? We need commitment, we need commitment especially. The way we want to play, we need everyone involved, everyone involved offensively and everyone involved defensively and it's one of the things that I like more about the players we have. I think the forward players were playing past season, they all were really committed, they didn't give up, they were not one less without the ball and we want to maintain this because that's the A for me, we start from there and if everyone is committed we can survive better. Our idea is more collectively, you know, each player has his individual things to do but what I do for my team that makes my teammates better, how can I help my team, that's what I want the players to think. You mentioned how Eddie came to visit a couple of years ago, he helped shape so much of this club, it still has his fingerprints on it. In the last few days and weeks have you tapped into that knowledge and asked him about your new colleagues and about the town and everything? Yes, obviously everyone here talks about Eddie, that's a sign that he did a lot of very, very good things here in Wormouth and I'm happy that he has been very successful also now in Newcastle. But, you know, every coach has his own ideas and there are some things that we should maintain from previous manager also, some things that we will do it our way. And just finally, there are giant clubs in the Premier League just as there are in La Liga. I wondered if when you first walked around the stadium you saw similarities with Reo Bellacano. I think that when you start the season this sense of kind of the underdogs, you know, that we have to gain a little bit of respect, you know, from the league or whatever, it's pretty similar because probably, I don't know, because of the stadium being not so big or the clubs don't have probably the history the other clubs have, but I think we have to use this for our advantage and I'm used to be like this in Spain with Reo, even with Mirandes and I think it's good for us. Very best of luck. Thank you. Hi there. Yeah, you've already spoken about Miquel Arteta, but you and Miquel come from that same small region in Spain as also Unayamri and Julian Lopetegui. What do you think it is about that area that produces great football managers? I really don't know. It's something strange because it's not a big area. We are not so much, but I think it's really nice. It's really nice. I've coached against Unayamri and Julian. I haven't coached against Miquel. I think I haven't even played against him because he has been almost all his career in England, but it will be very good for me to see some familiar faces and their level as coaches is top for me. It's very high and I could say the same from the other coaches in the Premier. So for me as a coach, it's a really, really big challenge. When you look at someone particularly like Unay, who has won trophies with Spanish teams, he came back to England last year and has done a great job of basketball. Is that almost an example that you'd like to now follow? I think I'm not there. I'm not in this level. Because he has shown a lot of things before, but for me it's someone that has been really, really successful almost everywhere. He's very good as a coach. I think he's a very, very good coach. Set pieces with the ball, without the ball, how they prepare for the games tactically. And it's something logical for me that he has been so good in Aston Bela. Have you spoken to him or we seek to meet him? No, no, no. We have spoken sometimes, but I haven't talked to him. And you asked about transfers, and I know just in Clive it's already come into the club. A play of that calibre, does that just show that Bournemouth can attract some of Europe's top players? Of course. I think Bournemouth is a very attractive club for the players, the ones who play in other leagues in Europe and for the ones that play in other clubs in England. I think we have to choose well, we have to select where we need the players and what kind of players we need, but for sure it's an attractive club for the players. Thank you. Thank you.