For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

The ball is an essential part of the game.

What is speed? The sports press often confuses speed with insight. See, if I start running slightly earlier than someone else, I seem faster.

If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.

You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.