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“I'd love to work in Argentina but there aren't any possibilities to manage there. The managers always remain the same. They just swap clubs once in a while.”
“I started every match knowing that this could be my day. It's like in life; you can have a bad business idea, but then you have a new one the next day and you just go for it.”
“It's different the way the game is played now and the way we played the game.”
“Messi is a human being and we have to respect him.”
“We cannot pretend that Messi will solve all the problems. He cannot carry everything on his shoulders.”
“A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.”
“The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.”
“When you're a player and you win the World Cup and other titles you don't get the chance to enjoy the moment because of the media scrum. You end up getting tired of it. But when the years go by and you look back on it all, then you understand just what it is that you achieved, that we achieved.”
“All teams starting the season should aim to be as high as possible and Valencia are no exception.”
“I have stopped being a Valencia ambassador through contract but not through the heart.”
“When Diego won the World Cup in 1986, perhaps he had the luck that Messi has not had. Diego had very good teammates and things went well.”
“What Guardiola has done as coach of Barcelona is really spectacular.”
“I wasn't a No. 9, as everyone believes today. Every time I played as a No. 9, I failed.”
“Even Cristiano Ronaldo has developed from a selfish goalscorer into someone who likes to pass the ball.”
“Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.”
“Good players can do well everywhere and Soldado is a good footballer.”
“It's impossible to replace him. You will not find another Messi, but you can train a team without having the best in the world.”
“I wasn't your average striker because I didn't play as an out-and-out centre-forward.”
“I love working, wherever it is.”
“For any tournament to succeed, you need the big guns to fire.”