Ronald Koeman

“When you have Van Gaal in charge, it is a fact that there is fear in his team. The players have a fear for mister Van Gaal. That is not always good.”

“I hate players who always play the ball back to the goalkeeper.”

“I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.”

“I like my life and I like to be positive.”

“Normally I keep criticism of my players inside but sometimes people need to know what the manager is thinking.”

“I love English football because of its brilliant atmosphere, intensity of the competition and the culture of respect that fans and players have for the game.”

“You need luck, you need your key players, you need to be in the best shape, you need all of that to be champions.”

“You can have Guardiola as a manager, you can have Koeman as a manager, anybody as a manager, but the players inside the white lines win the game.”

“In life everything is possible. In football everything is possible.”

“I don't read the comments of fans, no.”

“The Premier League is different. Sometimes the Bournemouth game can be more difficult than Liverpool or Chelsea.”

“Everyone knows I have a relationship with Barcelona.”

“The entire world knows what I have with Barcelona and what Barcelona have with Ronald Koeman, so if I could become Barcelona coach one day, I would be delighted.”

“If you offer a player a new contract, and a good contract, that means you want to keep the player.”

“When my two boys were growing up and asking me about what I did and what kind of player I was I showed them all the matches from the European Championships in 1988 when we beat Germany in the semi-final and won the final against Russia.”

“That's the difference between outside and playing in the Premier League.”

“Everything would have been different for Barcelona without Messi.”

“If you have expectations as a club, then coping with criticism is part of your job.”

“I love coaching and I love Barcelona.”

“I see differences in how I like to work with young players and how I like to give young players a chance maybe more than English managers.”