If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems

Messi's like a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make. He made the impossible possible. He has something exceptional. He has six or seven years in front of him, touchwood that nothing happens to him, and he can reach unbelievable levels.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.

If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.

It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.