The best players want to play in the best competition.

If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.

They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no.

Status does not matter. It is what you are like as a player. It doesn't matter how much money you have come for. That doesn't matter to me. I will play a 17-year-old if he fights and he has quality. It is quite easy.

Whilst I'm here, I'll always do the best I can.

I'd rather lose a game trying to win it, than lose it trying not to get beat

I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.