Victor Valdes

“It's a big blow for any player to be sent off in a Champions League final and especially early on.”

“I would have played lots of matches as a kid where I would go home afterwards without having touched the ball.”

“I don't believe referees give or take way anything from you. They are humans and can make mistakes.”

“I am a very difficult person to work and live with. My wife deserves the biggest of trophies.”

“The day when I left Barca, because of the treatment I was receiving and my character, it didn't go as I would have wished. I drifted and then just left, I'm sure people expected much more from me.”

“I'm passionate about windsurfing: two hours on the water is like a week's holiday, complete disconnection. You see the land a long way off and nobody and nothing can bother you apart from the occasional fish swimming past.”