When we have the football, everybody’s a player.

I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence.

You know I could have stayed in my comfortable chair in South Wales having the first Welsh team that got promoted and been there a number of years, but for me I wanted to work at a club that was world class and at the very, very top.

When we have the football, everybody’s a player.

Liverpool are one of the dynasties of the game. They have won five European Cups and their status is up there with AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

It’s not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box.