Henrikh Mkhitaryan spoke at a press conference from the Nerazzurri training camp in Germany, addressing the topics of the upcoming season. The Armenian midfielder, the only one among the most experienced from last season to be confirmed, expressed the team’s ambitions without hiding the desire to repeat their successes.

“As always, our ambitions are high, we want to win the league, the Cup, the Super Cup, and go as far as possible in the Champions,” he declared. “Obviously these are difficult goals but still achievable. We will try.”

On his contract renewal, Mkhitaryan explained: “Obviously I spoke with the club only after the match against Bologna, then I made my evaluations, I thought maybe I can play another year. Obviously, it doesn’t mean that after this season I will stop, but you have to focus on this league, this season, and then we will think about the coming years.”

The midfielder then addressed the topic of the start of the league. “Obviously we hope to have a better league than last year, even though many players have not arrived yet, we are waiting for them after the World Cup to complete the team. It won’t be easy because they will arrive in a different physical condition, but we will still do our best to help them and fix things.”

On the issue of the derby and matches against the big teams, Mkhitaryan clarified: “Not only against Milan, but we were sorry not to have won against the other big teams, but this is the league, this is football, the important thing is that we won the Scudetto. It’s not that we play to win matches, we play to win the Scudetto and that’s what we did last year. Obviously this year we will try to win these matches too, it’s not a given, but we will still do our best.”

Speaking about the young players in the squad, the Armenian was outspoken: “I was very impressed by the quality of Massolin, by Ale who has grown a lot, also by Asllani who has come back calmer and with more experience. I am happy for them, if they stay here they will be a great help for us and I also hope to be able to help them and to form a group that fights for the same goals.”

Finally, on the role of being the only veteran in the locker room: “It will certainly be more difficult, last year there were Acerbi, Sommer, Darmian who were more or less my age. Now unfortunately I am the only one left at 37, but it’s not a burden, I know my abilities and I know what I can give to the team. I will give my all to do it.”

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