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.'

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.

It's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad game

The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic.

It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.

Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.