I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence, he’ll try and get his way through it some way, but the young player will fight for you.

It's not always plain sailing... especially when you're flying!

They brought on someone who cost more than our stadium.

Of course, as manager, the selection of the team is very much one of the biggest responsibilities I personally take, but I come to that decision thanks to advice and support of the people around me.

It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can.

The best players want to play in the best competition.

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.