AROUND ENGLAND
“QUOTES”
“But coming back, it’s a massive club, massive stadium, massive fans and it’s part of me growing up. Honest to God, I’ve been wanting to come back for years.I would have regretted it if I didn’t get to step on the pitch in the black and white again” – Andy Carroll is enjoying his second coming at Newcastle and believes he would have regretted had he not returned to St. James Park.
“It’s very easy to compare the two of them, yeah. Both with skills, body shape, attitude, attributes - everything. The boy has every chance in the world to become a top, top player” – Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thinks Marcus Rashford can be Man. Utd’s new Cristiano Ronaldo.
“We had a bad time, we are all human and it is not easy. It was not like we did not try, but it just did not work.” – Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno looks back on the club’s two-month-long winless run prior to beating West Ham away from home.
“My regret at Arsenal is to have gone from human size to inhuman, with a larger administrative weight. Everything accelerated. Ten years ago, you’d see a guy who was good, you’d get him in, give him a tracksuit and he’d be a part of the team. That’s long gone. Now, if you want a new physio, you go through 300 applications. That’s how, at Arsenal, bit by bit, I felt the club slip away from me.” - Arsene Wenger says he lost control over Arsenal gradually as the club grew into a global super club under his 22-year-reign.
“Martinelli did amazingly. He is like a Duracell battery, he keeps going” – Interim Arsenal coach Freddie Ljungberg hails Gabriel Martinelli’s lively performance after the young forward helped to haul Arsenal to victory against West Ham.
“No, it was simply a wrong evaluation of my side. I thought at that time that it was a lot of pressure on Dortmund and this transfer it had to be right. It is not the only wrong decision I have made, this one I could correct some years later.” – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has admitted to making the wrong call on deciding to not sign Sadio Mane while he was in charge at Borussia Dortmund.
“The reality is maybe we aren’t able to compete with them now — so we have to improve, accept it and move forward.” – Pep Guardiola writes off Man City’s hopes of catching Liverpool in title race.
“It’s his choice. I think he is enjoying his work at Leicester, he is enjoying his international break where he is able to rest. He is one who also knows that probably Harry Kane will play. He is the captain, he is going to play.” – Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers speaks about his star striker Jamie Vardy’s early international retirement.
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