Owen Hargreaves

“He's irreplaceable, but I think the thing about Benzema is he's not going to rely on his physicality because he's not super powerful so I think he's going to age well.”

“If you have had double knee surgery you're going to feel it.”

“When I left Canada for Bayern, people said, 'You'll never make it. You'll be back in a year.' I stopped going to school because I said, 'I'm going to do this.' They said, 'You've got no chance.' My teachers, friends and other people were very sceptical.”

“My athletic ability has taken me everywhere I wanted to go, from Canada to Germany, playing for England, playing for Man United. To have that temporarily taken away is humbling.”

“I love all sports but I watch a lot of NBA basketball - I have a big hoop outside my house. As a kid I used to play five hours a day.”

“There were a lot of unjust things said about me. And it was poor because if something is repeated enough times eight out of 10 people will jump on the bandwagon rather than thinking, 'This guy's won the Champions League before, he's won 10 medals.'”

“Growing up in Canada, I'd never have imagined I'd be in this position and with the chance of wearing an England jersey.”

“I would like to see Zaha at Tottenham.”

“City are great examples of buying players to spread the wealth around.”

“We've all been there as players, had terrible games. But you get through it by fighting and competing.”

“I love golf.”

“I think anyone who's been around me knows that I left home at 15 alone, to go to a country where I couldn't speak the language to play football.”

“All players have talent, but Pep maximises it. Once you've had a manager who gives you that, it's hard to go backwards.”

“I think a lot of people look at young players taking time to develop but if you look at players like Wayne Rooney and Jadon, the great ones, the exceptional ones just figure it out.”

“I think Pep is the ultimate innovator. That's what makes him so unique and nine times out of 10 he gets it right.”

“Football is about winning and Mourinho wins.”

“Ruben Loftus-Cheek is a Swiss army knife, really. He's got everything.”

“Paul Pogba - whether you love him or you don't - he's a fabulous player. You've got to get him on the pitch.”

“United are one of the biggest clubs in the world with Barcelona and Real Madrid. They have a lot of wonderful people there. I'm sad for myself that I wasn't able to play a bigger part there.”

“It is human nature to have doubts obviously.”