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I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.

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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.
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There are very few players who know what to do when they're not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don't mark him.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
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If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.
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When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average ... So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you're a good player or not.
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You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.
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Without the ball, you can't win.
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After you've won something, you're no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It's like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there's a little less gas inside.
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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think ok, we can take it easy now, while the team with 10 will think We really have to work hard now.
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