Roberto De Zerbi Interview: Why He Picked Spurs, Improving Their Mentality, and Why Pep is the Greatest
The 2 Robbies
NBC Sports Soccer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Robbie Mustoe & Robbie Earle sit down with new Tottenham Hotspur head coach Roberto De Zerbi to discuss his first days at the helm of the club and how he is approaching the task of keeping Spurs in the Premier League next season.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the two Robbie's podcast, your destination for in-depth discussion and analysis of the Premier League. |
| 0:17.3 | I'm Robbie Musto. He's Robbie Earle. And today we have a very special guest. We're |
| 0:22.3 | joined by Tottenham Hot Spurs' new head coach, Roberto Deserby. Here's our conversation in full. |
| 0:28.8 | Roberto, thank you for joining us ahead of your first match in charge at Spurs. First off, |
| 0:34.1 | what attracted you most to the job at Tottenham H Hotsburg, particularly given the difficult circumstances right now? |
| 0:41.5 | Tottenham, I think I consider Tottenham one of the most important club in Premier League, |
| 0:50.5 | and Premier League is the best league in the world. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah. and Premier League is the best league in the world. The players of Tottenham, I consider they are very good players. |
| 1:03.0 | Normally the moment is very tough for us, |
| 1:08.0 | but for me it was a opportunity a big opportunity depends on |
| 1:16.1 | on which angle you look at the situation but for me from my perspective to become a coach of Tottenham was a big opportunity. |
| 1:32.4 | It's a big opportunity. |
| 1:35.3 | Roberto, when you looked at the club's performances before you took the job, |
| 1:39.4 | what did you feel was more important? |
| 1:41.8 | Is it the tactics in the style of play or is it more about the culture |
| 1:46.7 | and the team spirit in the dressing room? What's more important to you to address? |
| 1:52.3 | In this moment? Yeah. But in this moment, the mental part is crucial. I think there are just seven games and we have no time enough to give |
| 2:07.5 | too much and I don't want to give too many instructions, new extraction. This team changed |
| 2:17.0 | three pre-coaches in this season. And, you know, new extraction. This team changed three |
| 2:17.7 | three coaches in this season. |
| 2:20.6 | And I think they |
| 2:22.7 | have to build |
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