- Title: Vidal not leaving Bayern - Ancelotti
- Date: 26th July 2017
- Summary: SINGAPORE (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH COACH CARLO ANCELOTTI SAYING: "The performance of the team was good, because defensively, offensively, we were together, and we tried to play as a team and in this contest, Tolisso and James, it seemed like they had played with us for a long time. It doesn't seem like they are new players because they are improving really quickly and know how we play, our style of play, they are doing a good job." ANCELOTTI SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH COACH CARLO ANCELOTTI SAYING: "They are wrong when they think about Vidal. They are totally wrong. And I told to my friend, Walter (Sabatini) and I told my friend (Luciano) Spalletti, Vidal doesn't move. Renato is with us, I think after the pre-season we can take a decision. Yesterday Renato played really well (against Chelsea) and I hope he can continue to improve." TRAINING IN PROGRESS DEFENDER MATS HUMMELS WARMING UP WITH KINGSLEY COMAN AND ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI FANS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH PLAYER MATS HUMMELS SAYING: "We can learn a lot from the things we had in China, so for me, it's a good trip, we got into a good condition because we had tough conditions to play and train, so I think it will be much easier to run with 15 degrees Celsius less (back) in Germany." HUMMELS TRAINING (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH PLAYER MATS HUMMELS SAYING: "I like the idea of the video referee but of course we have to work on the way to execute it. I always say, maybe we could make it like in tennis... you can get one, two or three challenges per half as a coach. I am happy I don't have to make the decision how it should work exactly because I would not have the perfect idea for it but I think there is a way to put it in football to make it a little more (of) justice." HUMMELS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) BAYERN MUNICH COACH CARLO ANCELOTTI SAYING: "There are already some competition where video referee system have started, some leagues will start in the beginning of the season but I (already) think it's too late. So, I hope that... to change the rules and put the rules into football is really difficult and I hope that we can have the video assistant referees’ system as soon as possible." TRAINING IN PROGRESS FANS CHANTING TRAINING IN PROGRESS MIDFIELDER JAMES RODRIGUEZ BALL BEING KICKED LEWANDOWSKI AND STRIKER THOMAS MUELLER KICKING BALL AROUND VARIOUS OF RODRIGUEZ TAKING SHOTS ANCELOTTI ON FIELD HUMMELS PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH FOOTBALL VARIOUS OF FORWARD FRANCK RIBERY RUNNING STRIKER ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI PLAYING WITH BALL PLAYERS SEATED VARIOUS OF HUMMELS TAKING SHOTS PLAYERS LEAVING PITCH
- Embargoed: 9th August 2017 13:09
- Keywords: Bayern Munich transfer policy Mats Hummels likes VAR pre-season tour of Asia International Champions Cup
- Location: SINGAPORE
- City: SINGAPORE
- Country: Singapore
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016RCTXRZ
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- Story Text:Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Wednesday (July 26) that he does not expect to make any additional signings this pre-season and hopes to make a successful defence of his side's Bundesliga title with the current squad.
The Italian has added a number of players in the last two months, including France defender Corentin Tolisso and Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez, and he admitted he was delighted with the balance of his squad ahead of the new campaign.
Ancelotti, speaking at a news conference in Singapore, bristled at a second suggestion in three days that Chilean enforcer Arturo Vidal could be headed to Thursday's opponents Inter Milan but is adopting a wait-and-watch approach towards little-used Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches.
Bayern's tour of Asia has seen the club return some mixed results with a penalty shootout loss to Arsenal followed by a 4-0 thrashing by AC Milan in China, before an improved performance against the English champions in Singapore.
Bayern defender Mats Hummels agreed with his manager and was keen to focus on the positive aspects of the trip to Asia.
Hummels and Ancelotti also commented about the potential use of VAR technology. Governing body FIFA has tested VAR technology at several tournaments ahead of next year's World Cup in Russia, including at last month's Confederations Cup, and its head of refereeing Massimo Busacca said the technology should be refined.
For German international Hummels, however, the sooner the technology is introduced the better it will be for football once players and managers get used to using the system.
Hummels' club coach Carlo Ancelotti is also an advocate of the system and went as far as to say that the technology should be in use already. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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