One on One | Brighton's Hurzeler on being the youngest boss in the Premier League, and Watford's Cleverley on managing players with love

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

One on One is back! Joe Thomlinson and Juliette Ferrington continue their indepth conversations with some of the biggest names in football.

Jules has been to Brighton to meet Fabian Hurzeler, who at 31 years old, is the youngest manager in the Premier League. Hurzeler chats about the sacrifices he's made to get where he is and what it's like coaching players who are sometimes older than him.

Meanwhile, Joe's been talking to Watford's 35 year old gaffer, Tom Cleverley. The former Manchester United player is relatively new to management and he discusses his approach to football, as well as what it's like negotiating the transfer window.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Juliett Farrington.
0:09.0	And I'm Joe Tomlinson and welcome back to One-on-One from Sky Sports.
0:13.1	The podcast where we sit down for exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in football.
0:18.9	And coming up on today's show, two young gaffers share their experiences in management.
0:23.4	Watford's Tom Cleverley chats to me about how the job has changed since his playing days.
0:27.4	When I was a young player, we responded to fear.
0:31.1	Yeah.
0:31.4	Certainly with Sir Alex, we responded to that and that really got us focused and performing.
0:38.4	Nowadays, the young players respond a little bit less to that.
0:42.2	They respond a little bit more to love and care.
0:45.1	So you've got to show them that you care for their careers,
0:47.8	which I certainly do.
0:49.4	And I get some life advice from the youngest boss in the Premier League,
0:53.3	Brighton's 31-year-old Fabian Hurtzler.
0:56.0	I always say win the day.
0:57.3	Try to win the day and every day.
0:59.0	If you win the day, if you go home and say today I was a better person than I was yesterday, then you win the day.
1:04.6	And if you win the days through the whole season, then I'm sure long term, I'm sure that the
1:09.1	results will come.
1:10.0	See, that's brilliant life advice too.
1:11.8	You just do everything, don't you?
1:14.0	Two fantastic interviews on the way, if I do say so myself.
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