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“Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.”
“Luiz Felipe Scolari was a good professional, a nice person, someone you could talk with before and after games. He has a lot of experience and is a good manager.”
“When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and you have to find one or two counterattacks.”
“Whenever people say things about me, it always comes back to Liverpool - but I cannot just become 'the former manager.' I am a professional football manager.”
“As a manager, I have to keep calm.”
“When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.”
“As I see it, Seedorf and I are coaches who handle the concept of a more proactive game.”
“Competition in football means someone will improve.”
“Wenger is a great manager, a great person, someone who knows the league here in England.”
“I am a Madrid fan.”
“Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.”
“Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.”
“I don't spend all day thinking about football. But a large part of it, yeah.”
“There are massive clubs with massive amounts of money, and Liverpool were always a little bit behind. But if you create a good team, a good atmosphere, and work hard, you can get there. You can win trophies.”
“We want to win trophies and be in the record books.”
“To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.”
“In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.”
“Carlo Ancelotti is very competitive, but he does it with respect.”
“I don't only watch football. I like films.”
“There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.”