Football Issues Quotes

Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.

In Italy, football is too important. There is more pressure on coaches, teams, directors. Now is not a good moment for football in Italy. The stadiums are not full. There are problems with violence; it's very difficult with the ultras. People don't go to the stadium just to enjoy 90 minutes of football. People go to the stadium to fight, to win.

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.

Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.

Football sometimes has a bad reputation. Some of that is deserved... and some of it isn't.

Neymar and Balotelli have the same problem. They spend too much time on their activities off the pitch.

I care about football, so what Im seeing regarding the image of FIFA, not only now but in the past years, I dont like it.

When you don't have any worries, it is better, but things happen in football, and we know we must try to resolve as soon as we can.

I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.

Many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it is not something people who watch football deserve. The situation will be the same while football is run by people who do not understand football.

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

Within football, there is a lot of trash talk, a lot of stuff that's not been made aware to everybody.

I worry for Scottish football.