When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.

Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

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.

Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs

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.

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.

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.