Player Trading Quotes

I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a while when he gets bored, he'll do a little boxing in there. He gets into the football. You can trade players, and he keeps up with the whole aspect of the game, not just the game. He's a fanatic.

January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

Who wants to lose or sell a player? Nobody does.

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.

I wanted to learn how the business worked. I wanted to see how people got drafted, how players got traded, how they got picked up in free agency, how the salary cap worked, how do you manage an organization, how do you negotiate contracts. The Bulls gave me an excellent opportunity to answer all the questions that I wanted to ask.

The hardest thing to do in this league is to get a proven star. It's just very hard to do. It's hard to do in free agency; it's hard to do in trades. You get very few opportunities to do it.

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

It's quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends.

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.