I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

I bet him he wouldn't get 15 league goals and I'm going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I'm the manager. I'm going to make it 150 now!

I'm no f****** talking to you. He's a f****** great player. Yous are f******* idiots.

At the last minute, from what I can gather, either Emmanuel Adebayor or his agent phoned us after they had agreed a deal with City and then did the same with Chelsea. He was desperate to get to either Chelsea or us.

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.

They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.