Mark McGuinness faces the media after his Sheffield United switch

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00:00Mark, first of all, these times, I'm sure, are whirlwind times.

00:04How have you found the first few days of being a Sheffield United player?

00:09It's been exciting. It's been intense.

00:11The training's been hard.

00:15Boys who haven't been in international break have been in training.

00:19Obviously, I travelled up on the Monday and straight in training Tuesday and Wednesday,

00:23which they were good sessions.

00:26And then this week as well, we've been working hard

00:28and everyone seems to be fit and healthy.

00:31It's been really easy for me to come in, settle in, and the boys have been great.

00:36So when, in the process of the final couple of days of the transfer window,

00:41did you think, yeah, I'm going to Sheffield United then?

00:45Yeah, it was obviously later on in the window,

00:51but the interest and the communications were happening before things happened

00:56and paperwork, some bits and bobs.

00:58But as soon as everything was all sorted and I got the nod,

01:02then I was really excited and I headed up straight away.

01:06So why did you decide that Sheffield United was the best place to further your career then?

01:11It just aligned with where I'm at in my career

01:13and where Sheffield United are at in their career and in their path.

01:18It just aligned nicely and something I was really looking forward to.

01:21The perception is that the move to Luton didn't work out.

01:26So is this a chance, you know, usual kind of lines, clean slate, etc. get back on track?

01:33Yeah, look, I wouldn't say, obviously the results didn't work out,

01:37but my experience and what I learned at Luton was huge for me as a player.

01:43Going through what happened, the squad we had and whatever, I learned so much from that.

01:48But again, yeah, this is a completely different opportunity for me.

01:51It's an opportunity to really progress and kick on and help Sheffield United achieve their goals as well as mine.

01:58Well, until you came to Sheffield United, you were very fondly remembered on the other side of the city.

02:02So have you had some stick because of that low move to Sheffield Wednesday?

02:06Yeah, look, as I said, this is a move for my career and a move where both the club and me align nicely.

02:14I haven't had time to sit down and look at anything, to be honest.

02:18So, look, I'm very much focused on my job here.

02:21So, yeah, hit the ground running, training Tuesday morning.

02:24What does Ruben say is expected of you and how do you see yourself kind of fitting into what they want?

02:32Yeah, look, it's been obviously a mad couple of weeks in terms of the squad not being all together and stuff.

02:38But for me, the gaffer wants me to come in, help the boys, use my experience, use my leadership qualities and help the boys just to gel.

02:50Because the quality is there, the talent and the actual squad is a top draw squad.

02:56We know that everyone knows that a championship is such a relentless league.

02:59So, look, it only takes one little turn and we're hoping to make that turn now on Friday evening.

03:06I saw some quotes from you in sort of prepping to come and see you again about how at Luton you were, as a group,

03:13taken by surprise of the competitiveness of the championship.

03:17Is that something that you'd bring here to impart to your new teammates?

03:21Look, we need to be careful here.

03:22Yeah, it's part of my learning from last year was that a championship is a dogfight.

03:29You know, it's not always pretty and it's not always goes your way.

03:36We got dragged into that and that showed the character of the boys.

03:40And it's something I've learned and something that I'm going to bring to the boys

03:44and make sure what I learned from last year doesn't happen again.

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