'He is working hard, is focused and is giving everything. It's always difficult to stop him. He looks ready, he's not played for a long time. I have to decide what to do with him, but he's ready to play.'
'He's not too much disturbed by the noises. Players of his level are used to it now. I'm sure he's not too bothered by that. He's always focused, very happy.
'Just because he goes into the last year of his contract doesn't mean we don't have the chance to extend it. We don't like to look at the individual contracts of everybody.'