Elite Clubs Quotes

Rich clubs, where money doesn't matter... such clubs don't interest me.

I am a huge fan of the Premier League, but do you think it will maintain its attractiveness if the Champions League is only an affair between English clubs and one or two others?

It is always nice to play for the bigger teams, contesting titles and Champions League rather than relegation.

I'm very fortunate to have worked at two unbelievable clubs, Manchester City and Barcelona, and I feel like I've really changed the way I look at football from being around and in those environments, so I feel really privileged.

If you are in the Premier League or at Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, you are at an end station.

In the Champions League, there are no weak teams.

At the top end of the Premier League, you have to be ruthless. Even just to get in the top four is hard.

Having coached Ajax, Barcelona, the Netherlands, FC Bayern, and Manchester United like I did, it is difficult for any offer to be interesting.

A lot of clubs want to win the Champions League.

The Europa League is a different calibre than the Champions League.

I had not been in the jazz environment, having been brought up in the church. But once I got to New York, and I was signed to perform at The Village Gate and the Vanguard and clubs like that, and these - the Vanguard was one of the most elite, if not the most elite, jazz club out there.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

Champions League is a very tough competition.

The Premier League is a notch above. It's maybe the best league in the world.

I need to be playing in the Champions League.

I am happy to be playing in the Premier League because everyone knows it is the strongest league in the world. There are simply a lot of top teams.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.

Show me a team of the stature of Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid, or Barcelona who is not obsessed with winning the Champions League. If they are not, I'd be surprised why they play in it.

If you play for a team like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or PSG, the aim is always to win the Champions League.

They’re a nasty bunch of people. The Riot Club’s sole purpose is to celebrate wealth, elitism, hedonism, and excess - just random acts of destruction and chauvinism, which is interesting because our Prime Minister, our Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Mayor of London were are a part of this club.

Chelsea are up there with best teams in the world,and let's hope United can join us in quarter-finals.

PSG are amongst the top eight European clubs. They want to go to the next level in the Champions' League; it is a very big club that would attract any player.

Playing away is always tough in the Champions League.

If you want to win, you have to beat the big teams in Europe, and Juventus are awesome.

The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.