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“I like new experiences. It's one of the reasons I went to China.”
“Always at Goodison Park, Everton is a very good team.”
“It is vital to maintain possession and to win it back as soon as possible, because if we win it high up, then the opposition has to run 70 metres.”
“I didn't have a voice or a vote at Madrid.”
“When I live in a country, I always try to learn about the country - not just England, the U.K. as a whole - so I will stay here some days to do something different.”
“The idea of developing football and winning trophies at Real Madrid does not fall in line with how I see football.”
“As a young player, the more games you play and the more you work every day with good players, of course you will improve.”
“Any coach who's managed a big club in Argentina can manage anywhere.”
“I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.”
“Technical players make the game easy. They have a view of the pitch different from other players. They put the last pass for the strikers. They are the players that lose two or three balls in a year.”
“Lionel Messi is very difficult to contain.”
“I'm not obsessed by football.”
“I don't believe in projects of more than three years.”
“I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.”
“The Premier league is better with Mourinho.”
“I've changed my character 100 per cent; if not, I could never have become a manager.”
“Maybe other managers would see their team score one goal and then prefer to go back and counter-attack, then try to score the second goal. A lot of those managers are the best managers at the moment, but for me, it's very important to continue the way I play.”
“You create a big-club mentality with the trust of the players, the trust that the team will get results, and then, when results are not good, the trust to continue with your idea.”
“As a manager, I won eight trophies in Chile, Ecuador, and Argentina.”
“To be the coach of Real Madrid is an honour, and every coach has pride in that. However, one is also subjected to a wide range of critiques - some just, but others not. But when the criticism deteriorates into insults, which has happened many times, I don't appreciate that.”