Michael Laudrup

“Honestly, who knows 100 per cent what they will do next year?”

“The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two, or three players and is happy to give an assist to a team-mate - it makes him more dangerous and more difficult to stop than ever before.”

“I sometimes go for drives with my wife around south Wales, and always the people are so friendly and so passionate.”

“We can all have a bad day. It happens for me as well.”

“Yes, in 1983, I had the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.”

“Michu and Van Persie are similar. They look alike. They are both tall, left-footed players. They are not fast, but they know when to make the runs.”

“Money is not all in life, and not in football, but it's quite important, and to have the lowest budget in the league means to finish in the top 10 may be an even bigger result.”

“It's impossible to always move forward, but sometimes even maintaining the status quo is enough.”

“It's easier to change the manager than all the players. It's never easy to choose who should be in the dugout.”

“I've never said I didn't want to manage a big team. I've never had that dream - that's different.”

“You can't think you can find a top scorer for free.”

“To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.”

“I played at the highest level for 17 years and won so many titles.”

“I do not like to live in the past, I live in the present. I think that is very important as a player, as a coach, and as a human being.”

“Robben is more of a one-on-one individualist. He's a player who can decide a game.”

“In the end, we all want to win, and you have to use all the resources at your disposal.”

“For me to be speaking of the referees, then you know it must be something big.”

“You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.”

“If something happens for one season, for me, it is a coincidence. Twice, we can start talking about it.”

“If I have a keeper who makes a mistake in consecutive games and is dropped, when he plays again, there is pressure on him because that is the level of the game we are at.”