Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.

I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio] Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say 'good morning' and 'good afternoon.'

We are on top at the moment, but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelsea’s goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar.