PEP GUARDIOLA

People say, 'Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,' or, 'Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.' I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles... sorry, guys, it was good!

There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.

I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

In Barcelona, Bayern Munich, in Spain and Germany we were able to do it. But people say, 'You only did it because you were in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. You will not be able to do it in England.' So, let's do it. We are going to try.

I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old.

I want happiness for the players.

It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.

We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.

The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.

We all feel that hunger in football. With Cruyff, it was different. He deepened and changed the hunger so you became conscious of why you are getting better.

At Barcelona, I had the best players ever, and they helped me to be a successful manager.

I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.

I want to play the football I feel.

I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do.

Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.

I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.

I thank Manchester City for giving me the opportunity to train these amazing players.

Why am I here? Yes, to win titles, because then I will feel happy for the people. But the process is the reason why.

A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

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

Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.

I am here just to learn, to improve, to help my team improve.