Peter Schmeichel

“You have to bear in mind where Louis van Gaal has worked before. His self-belief is bigger than Jose Mourinho's.”

“Today, the biggest clubs in the world, they buy the players they need for whatever way they think they have to play.”

“People remember the treble in 1999 as if we only had to turn up to collect three trophies. But on that cup run, we were 1-0 down against Liverpool going into injury time, and we turned it around to win 2-1. And everyone remembers the Champions League final in Barcelona, where the same thing happened.”

“It's far, far better to be prepared: the more you know about the other team, the better.”

“If you are not a good team, you will never get to the final day of the Premier League season or the final of the FA Cup.”

“Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.”

“I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners - they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.”

“This is something you learn as soon as you walk through the doors at Old Trafford: that you're never better than your last performance. You always have to improve on your last performance.”

“When you have a way of playing or a mentality of playing, it's difficult to do something else.”

“You've got to get a certain amount of sleep. You've got to eat the right thing. You've got to train in the right manner. You've got to behave in the right manner.”

“You can't do anything successfully in life without leadership.”

“When I arrived at Manchester United, the club hadn't won the league for 26 years, and then in my first year, they won the championship.”

“I think, in Denmark, we are quite good when it comes to the environment.”

“The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.”

“The fear of letting people down - that's the drive. Sir Alex, I think, if he was brave enough to say it, he would say the same, but in his eyes, the motivating factor is that you want to be the best.”

“In three weeks, you can improve a lot. You can train a lot. You can come up with a proper plan.”

“I would never bring in a player to make a statement.”

“Real Madrid will be the first team to claim two Champions League trophies in a row.”

“When you look at the goals he has been criticised for, at some point they could have been prevented by a defender, or it was a misunderstanding. It is not down to Joe Hart on his own.”

“People say that Andrea Pirlo is the main player and that everything goes through him, but that's an illusion. Pirlo is a brilliant player but doesn't dominate Italy's play as much as people say.”