We knew that his retirement would come one day and we both have been planning for it by ensuring the quality of the squad.

Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

We knew that his retirement would come one day and we both have been planning for it by ensuring the quality of the squad.

Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United.

All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned. We can all learn lessons.