“We’ve had a bad start to the season, but there’s a long way to go yet. We know we must improve and start to win. We kept a clean sheet during the last game, and we want to win at home on Sunday,” N’Diaye started out by saying.

The French-Senegalese player sees the team “wanting to do things well. Everyone knows the situation, but sometimes football isn’t so easy. We need to start winning to gain more confidence.” On a personal level he’s on top physical form. “I did have some discomfort, but not anymore. I have no pain, nothing,” he confirmed.

Alfred knew Mel during his time at Betis. “His ideas are more or less the same. It was eight or nine years ago, which is a long time. However, broadly speaking it's the same thing, he wants to have character and play with the ball,” he said.

“In Santander the team played better. The important thing is not to lose and boost our confidence. We have the talent to improve,” he said about the last match. In regard to Andorra, “right now it doesn’t matter whether we’re playing the team at the top or at the bottom, we need to win, especially at home, which we haven’t done for a while. They’re doing well in the standings, but we need to go out there to win,” affirmed N’Diaye.

Defensive or attacking pivot? “It's the same, I'm here to help the team. I can be more defensive or 'box to box', I can play with two pivots or alone, I know the positions perfectly,” he said.

“We have a good squad, with players at Second Division level and several at a First Division level. It’s more a matter of confidence and knowing what we can do, because we have a good level,” continued Alfred N'Diaye, who concluded with a clear message: “I have no pressure, I’ve not seen the team under pressure. We know perfectly well that we need to improve. We must win. If we go out onto the pitch under pressure, that’s not going to help us. We have to improve what we have to improve.”