David Gill Quotes

When a club has €200m left on its transfer budget in the final days of the transfer period, why shouldn't they make a higher bid when their initial €70m bid has been rejected?

I can no longer understand what the parameters are for valuing a player. It's all too random and in the hands of whoever has more money.

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

For you to even enquire about one player, he is expensive. You go to buy a right-back, a left-back, or a central defender, and he is expensive.

This is Manchester United; we have the capacity to buy new players, we have the best players in the world. But I think it's good for me.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

When I told Arsene Wenger I was leaving, he said to me, 'I have £25m to spend on a few players.' My answer was, 'Obviously, Mr. Wenger, you are not shopping in Harrods. That will only buy you one good player.' Now I have been proved right.

Juventus can afford to spend a great deal of money for new players. But Napoli can always respond by playing magnificently.

The buying power of clubs is very different. You can't sign players if you don't have money, and if there is no money, that's it. As a player, there's nothing you can do.

Paul Pogba cost Manchester United €105 million. Does he play like this?

When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.

I admire Arsenal and the philosophy that the young players have. Liverpool, with their Spanish players, they also have an incredible squad. And Manchester United and Chelsea are teams that are very big, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, with money and incredible players.

People do focus on the transfer fee, but that's football.

Manchester United has done an incredible job of building a young, talented, deep squad.

At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.

The main problem with English players has always been the price.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

I always say that Madrid must have the best players, as this is the best club in the world. But it is not for me to say which players should be signed.

We absolutely take no decisions based on the share price, not for LVMH.

Tottenham are a big club. They are probably bigger in structure than PSG.

As the head of the public company, you can't say you can't sell, because then you're telling your shareholders that your own personal feelings about your assets are more important than their money. And they won't invest with you if you do that.

Most of our players come from the Championship; Chelsea can get more or less anyone from around the world. Some clubs in this division have owners who say it doesn't matter what they spend. I don't know what happened to Financial Fair Play but it didn't exactly level the playing field.

We have seen that many teams, both in La Liga and the Premier League, have the economic capacity to steal a star from an important team.