I think it's different and more genuine with this one. Just contrast how he speaks to how other managers speak and then take that to a conversation with a player. I'm sure the players that talk to him also see the difference between him and other managers they have spoken to.
It's also we aren't as desperate as people think, if Ange talked to him (as seems to have been the case with Raya) and it was only lip service, we probably would have let Bayern have him.
Vicario, Udogie, Sarr, VDV want to play for us, fudge, even GLC & Gil want to stay.
Some fans can never be happy, enjoy a fudging moment, we identified holes in the squad, identified targets and went out and got them within 10 days of the window opening and really have them available for the 2nd match post window opening ..