I would be very surprised if Phil Neville didn't go into management and possibly Johnny Heitinga, too.

It's the last question mark against me in my career. Why couldn't I keep a team in the Premier League.

Liverpool fans were great to me, I still live near the city and they always come up and shake my hand.

If people don't like me, they don't like me - if they want to shake my hand, they'll shake their hand.

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

English football is very different from Italian; it's more physical, and matches are always very open.

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

I can remember when I was a 17-year-old at Swansea and Terry Yorath and Tommy Hutchison were in charge.

I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans

Like I've always said, in football the most important thing is the quality of minutes not the quantity.

The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards.

You cannot play the position Kroos plays in defensive midfield besides Luka Modric better than he does.

The creed of Bayern has always been to never give up, always on, always higher, always more successful.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.

What I want is to recover the ball as near to the other box as we can, and when we have the ball, play.

My son William and my daughter Amy are both really into their hockey now and I can enjoy watching that.

It's important players focus on what they have to do, while the fans keep believing and stay behind us.

As long as I'm not taking a penalty we will be OK. But if it's like two years ago I will need a doctor.

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.'

It is very important to me to communicate with the fans and not hide what's going on behind the scenes.

Football is a worldwide business consortium and to satisfy that best you need to find the best players.

I may be able to put a good book tape on in the car on the way home and I will have a smile on my face.

I won the most important league in Europe, I think - not just Europe but the world - the Premier League.

Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it.

I don't think I've necessarily got anything to prove to anyone. I've worked really hard my whole career.

There are those who discredit a style or a way of playing and those who accept all the different styles.

Maybe the key aspect of imposing fear to the opposition is to make them understand that we have no fear.

We're in the top six, we've got five points and I've told the lads we need another 80 to win the League.

I don't want to compare Bowditch to Matt Le Tissier, but the way he scored his goal was similar to Matt.

If certain players do not carry out their tasks properly on the pitch then their colleagues will suffer.

Some big teams prefer to be very strong defensively and have two, three, four counter-attacking players.

I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.

Managing in a foreign country will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that doesn't come along that often

He is such a great player that he has the capabilities to let no one affect his game. (on David Beckham)

After Chelsea it was important to choose somewhere I was surrounded with the right people and commitment.

To put in doubt the leadership of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president is not for me to say or managers to say.

Rebuilding has always been one of my specialities from the time I started with young players at Cagliari.

Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. He's the only player who can change direction at such a pace.

Roy Keane's like a shark. He has those eyes. You don't know if he is going to buy you a drink or eat you.

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

The emotion to handle the pressure is one of the biggest challenges in football - it's the top challenge.

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.

I don't think we've got a discipline problem. It's the players who are thick who are causing the problems

How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days?

I would say the Geordie accent and the scouse accent are similar in terms of I don't understand anything!

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