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“As for money, in football there is money because we are dealing with talent. You cannot quantify - it will never stop, it will always go higher and higher.”
“I need the pressure of a big challenge.”
“I'm always disappointed when someone loses his job.”
“When the luck is not there you lose confidence and confidence is one of the most important things for a footballer.”
“Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team.”
“I remember Henry left Monaco for Juventus and that it didn't really work out for him. He made the right choice to join Arsenal and find a manager who would help bring out the best in him. That's why choices are so important.”
“I believe that Lampard has helped Giroud shine often by getting a lot out of him but he can't be the first choice for Lampard.”
“We won the 1998 World Cup on home soil because we were able to bring out the positive from that pressure.”
“Racism exists every day in France, Italy and England. Sometimes I am the victim of that - but just a little. I have the chance to be a high-level sportsman but I feel this problem for my brothers and sisters.”
“Mbappe and Dembele have shown they are ready to perform for their nation.”
“When I was a soccer player, I already had the idea and vision to come back to Ghana and settle and develop sports infrastructure.”
“Mbappe needs time and we mustn't rush him. But I have great faith in his ability to succeed because I can see the work he puts in for the collective. He offers solutions with his runs, his willingness to make himself available and even take knocks for the team.”
“It is much tougher than people might think for a former player to become a coach, a manager - at least a very successful one.”
“Stability for a club is very important, especially for Chelsea.”
“I was a heavyweight in the football world. You don't have of the type of players that I was anymore.”
“Playing a World Cup on home soil, getting to the final and then winning it - it doesn't get any bigger or any better than that.”
“Honestly when you look at football when Sepp Blatter was made FIFA president in 1998, the global budget for the World Cup in France, or South Korea and Japan, Germany etc. He has really boosted the interests of football across the world.”
“Baba Rahman should not give up. I think he has the level to be at Chelsea as a first choice, so he should try more.”
“I am a nice, family man, a good father. I'm a simple guy.”
“I'm not like those who moan about having little teams at these competitions - for me that's what the World Cup is all about.”