OM-Lens: Press conference

replay of the press conference on Twitch

Quinten Timber: ‘Ready to help the team’

The transfer

I'm very happy to be here. The club speaks for itself; it's a great club with a great team and a very good coach. I spoke with the coach. The welcome was warm. We're going to prepare for tomorrow.

First steps

I trained for the first time yesterday. The quality is very high. We have a big match tomorrow against the leaders. I'm ready to help the team.

His contribution to OM

The team is already very good. I want to improve in training with some very good players. I'm a box-to-box player, I like to attack and defend. I have a good personality and I can help the team.

His position

In my career, I have played in different positions. I can play as a 6, 8 or 10. I will play wherever the coach needs me.

Ambitions

That's a long question. I spoke with the coach, he told me about the team, that he wants to win every competition. We're going to play against the leaders, we're going to play in Bruges, we want to win everything. I'm going to push my teammates to win games, that's my mentality and that of the players who are already here.

Igor Paixão

I spoke with him about the club and the players. He was very positive about the club, the team and the coach. He's a very good player.

The atmosphere in Marseille

I know a few players like Kondogbia and Greenwood. We've played against each other and talked about it. I'm going to get to know them. The atmosphere was great, even though we lost. It was a fantastic atmosphere.

Roberto De Zerbi

Everyone knows the coach and his playing style, the way he wants to play football. I know other coaches who had a similar style. I'll be able to do good things and help my teammates.

Roberto De Zerbi: ‘The stadium gives us a responsibility.’

Quinten Timber

He's ready to start because he's been playing all the time. I expect him to be a quality midfielder who can deliver in terms of both quality and quantity. He's arrived with enthusiasm. He's a very important player.

RC Lens's game

They are a team that deserves to be at the top of the table. We have the qualities, sometimes we show them, sometimes less so. It's up to us to play the game the right way.

The stakes

Three points against the leaders. To make up for Wednesday's poor performance and prepare for Wednesday's game, which will be decisive. We are coming off two difficult days.

The table

If we win, we'll be back to within five points. That's what we're aiming for in tomorrow's match. If we win, we'll be five points behind with all the matches still to play.

The lack of verticality

Timber has different characteristics in midfield. In terms of play, the facts speak for themselves. We have the best attack, last year we had one of the best attacks. We are the third best team in Europe in terms of goals scored. We need to focus on the facts, in terms of goals we are the best team in France and the third best in Europe. I didn't like the match against Liverpool, not because of Pavard. We failed to recognise the free man. I didn't attack Pavard. He was the free man. If he had been unmarked, we could have played better. If we had played better, we would have had more chances to get a result. I share some of the responsibility for the number of goals scored.

It depends on the pressure from the opposition. If the opposition covers the spaces, the game is less vertical. The wing-backs are two wide forwards. The first build-up is with three players, then the others attack the space.

Facundo Medina

He played well after many months without playing. We'll see how to manage him for the next few matches. He's a strong player with a good personality. I'm happy to have him in my team.

Emerson Palmieri

He's got a few weeks left. You can play however you want with him because he can play in any position. Maybe it was a mistake on my part to have played him too much. I base my team selection on the quality of the players. Medina can play in his position, as can Murillo and Weah, each with different characteristics. We can play Igor Paixão and ask him to run more.

The OM version

I said it before the match against Liverpool. When I sit on the bench, I don't know what kind of team we'll see. We made too many technical and tactical mistakes. When you make that many mistakes against Liverpool, you lose. We have to get over it, think big and play with the necessary enthusiasm.

The tifos at the Orange Vélodrome

The stadium gives us a responsibility to live up to expectations. Everyone has to earn this stadium, the coaches, the players, the managers, the press officers. When I see the work the supporters do, I want to repay that gratitude by living up to expectations. You don't see that kind of thing in other stadiums. Other stadiums are different.

Igor Paixão

Emerson is a full-back, a wing-back. I'd like the players to be in their right positions. Paixão isn't a wing-back, even though he can play there. Igor has played a lot, like Aubameyang. I'm giving Traoré and Gouiri a rest. Igor picked up an injury in the Coupe de France.

Nayef Aguerd

He trained separately. He took a knock against Senegal. We'll have to see if he'll be available or not.