Manuel Pellegrini

“I am sure that the important managers always want to work here in the Premier League.”

“In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.”

“If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.”

“For me, the youth academy has a fundamental role in every club.”

“The most difficult thing is football is to give the ball to a player that has the same colour shirt.”

“It's not my duty to respond to what Mourinho says. I don't know the way he thinks.”

“I would be happy to go back to Spain at the right moment.”

“First I was going to be a football player, then after that try to study medicine or engineering. But it was very difficult to do medicine, so I did engineering.”

“There are lots of different ways to play football; I choose one in my career. I believe in that one.”

“I never knew a manager that didn't have pressure.”

“I have enough problems trying to manage a team, without managing the FA.”

“The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.”

“We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.”

“It's very difficult to have the same motivation in the season after you've won two trophies.”

“First, as an owner of the club, you must choose a style of football. After that, you must find the managers that will work with the young players in your team in that style. After that, you must put a manager in the squad with the same mentality.”

“I do not think my career is over after being at Real Madrid.”

“When you need to renew your contract, you must demonstrate why they are renewing your contract.”

“As a manager, you worry about any different issue you have in your squad.”

“The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.”

“For me, Ramos is a full-back, but he has the versatility that allows him to play in different positions without no problems.”