Michael Carrick, Amad & Andrey Santos Post-PSG

Thanks guys for that, so joining us straight away after full time is Ahmad, how did you enjoy that game? It was a good game, we knew Paris Saint-Germain is good, so we keep building fitness, that's why we are here, players back in the team. So how's the pre-season gone so far for you? For me it's good, like I said. Enjoyed the game today? Yeah, of course. Yeah, absolutely. We're starting now to get plenty more of the players back as well from the World Cup, you were one of them, and more of those World Cup stars are back today. Is it nice getting the group back together? Yeah, of course, it's exciting things, having players like Bruno, Mazraoui, the other players that are coming back. Now we need Fumiya, Rashford, Lissandra and Kobe, who are going to come back in Dublin, so we're going to have the rest of the team in Dublin. It's come so quickly as well, the fact that the Premier League season is going to start in just two weeks' time, but there's still plenty of chance for you guys to get more minutes, enjoy yourselves, especially in Dublin. It's going to be great, those games there. Yeah, of course, we have two more games against Leeds and Milan. Finally, this is our final game in Scandinavia, we've got so many fans that have come in their numbers today, how grateful are you for the energy that they've brought? Yeah, that's crazy, we know how big United fans are, we thank them for the support, let's push for the season and we're going to keep going. Thank you very much, we'll let you go. All the best, man, all the best. Take care, see you in a bit, Ahmad. Straight into it, but you have got a flight to catch soon, haven't you? Because it's quite a busy pre-season, but let's talk about this game first, how do you reflect on this game today? I enjoyed it actually, it was a good thing to take on the game, good challenges, slightly different to what we had to adapt to. We should have scored more goals, we pressed particularly well at certain times, won the ball back out of the pitch and looked really dangerous on transition, which is what we have done really for the last few months, but it was good to see. In some of the football against Man v. Man, again, very different to what we played against, the boys adapted really well, so there was a lot of positives from the game, I enjoyed it. How much thought did you put into PSG before this game? Yeah, a little bit, not as much as we would normally, a lot of it this time around is trying to build on the things that we're trying to put in, so it was a lot smaller than what the boys are used to, but the things that we were trying to get out of the game, a lot of it was there as well. I think it's good sometimes for the boys to have to problem-solve as well and find their own way a little bit, and I thought we did that as well, we don't always give them the answers when we don't have to, because it prepares them a little bit for the season as well. In that respect, there's a lot of things that maybe people don't always see that we were quite happy with. Great to see some more minutes as well for the players that have just joined our pre-season after they've been in World Cup action, but there's going to be the whole squad back together in Dublin, isn't there? Yeah, looking forward to it, it's been a little bit of a different chapter through pre-season, but to get everybody together when we get to Dublin over the next couple of days will be great. Two more games this week, and again, looking forward to seeing the group develop today, because the boys are coming off the bench towards the end, and that's a bit of quality, and coming back from the World Cup and top, top players, it was nice to have them back, and we get more back next week, so it's a really good place. I know you and the backroom staff take it with ease, but people underestimate the amount of adaptation you've got to do when you have players out of action. Yeah, it's a challenge at times when you're going day-to-day. This week we had three groups of players who had played a lot, who hadn't played as much, who were coming back, so there was a lot of adapting to do. That's the challenge we enjoy, I say it all the time, it's such a good group to work with, so having everyone back together this week will be good. Finally, this was our final game in Scandinavia, certainly a show for the amazing fans that came today. How do you rate this part of pre-season, and how much does that feed the energy for you to make sure we finish pre-season on a high elsewhere? I feel it's been a good pre-season so far, the games that we've had, we've taken steps throughout that, and we've seen quite a bit of Scandinavia, and it's quite nice to do it in a bit more relaxed fashion. Normally if you're travelling it's literally hotel, stadium, so we've had a couple of walks and seen the supporters, which is always important at this time of year. Feeling that energy and passion from the fans, I think that's what we're all here for, to give them something to cheer about. Unfortunately we didn't quite get the win today, but I think there was a lot of positive action that we can say we enjoyed again. Thank you very much, we'll let you go and catch that flight, eh? Well done. Andre, speaking after a one-all draw with PSG in another 65 minutes for you, how are you feeling? I feel very comfortable, here now it's my home, since my first day everyone feels at home, and I'm so happy to be here, to play very well. Of course, every single game we want to win, but this match was a little bit hard, you know it's pre-season, but for sure we are improving more and more. What's been said about the performance, because it felt like we controlled a lot of the game and perhaps even deserved more than we got. Yeah, of course, you know it's football, I think you play better than the first half, and you control more games, you create a lot of chances, but this is football, you have to train hard for the next game. We head to Dublin now to continue our pre-season, what's the focus there? Yes, the focus is always on the next game, but now we have to train, recover well first, and then train hard to be ready against Ibiza. Andre, well played, thank you for your time.