PETER SCHMEICHEL

Sir Alex is so consistent with his management. He manages each person differently, but you know exactly where you are with him. You know exactly what is required.

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

This is something you learn as soon as you walk through the doors at Old Trafford: that you're never better than your last performance. You always have to improve on your last performance.

If you have been brought up with attacking and trying to get to number two, number three, number four goal, not getting one goal and defend, if that's sort of the mentality that's engraved in you, it's really difficult to do the other thing.

To have an 18-year-old coming to you demanding money before he's even played - that has got to be frustrating for a manager to deal with.

When you're young, you want to do everything. You want to go out and find girls; you want to have a drink - there are a lot of things you want to do. But if you want to make it to the top, there are a lot of things you can't do.

You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.

Even when I went to Aston Villa, it was very important that I was not in competition with Manchester United.

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners - they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.

The fear of letting people down - that's the drive. Sir Alex, I think, if he was brave enough to say it, he would say the same, but in his eyes, the motivating factor is that you want to be the best.

It is painful to say that the best player you have is better off trying something new.

It's always going to be difficult for Asian countries to create big leagues because Europe is so settled.

Goalkeeping is very, very much about confidence and thinking you are the man.

On some occasions, it is every footballer's dream to play for the national team, but if you don't reach it, you always need to work harder to reach a higher level, a level you wouldn't reach if you didn't have this as a goal.

Football has changed. There are no more Zvonimir Bobans or individuals who win games by themselves.

I want exciting players.

When you look at the goals he has been criticised for, at some point they could have been prevented by a defender, or it was a misunderstanding. It is not down to Joe Hart on his own.

Joe Hart has bags and bags of talent.

We never played for 1-0 and then defend. We always went for the second goal and the third.

For Zlatan to play the way we love him to play, he has to be Zlatan.

If Sir Alex says, 'Listen, I want you to play for my team,' it's very difficult not to say yes.

Goalkeeping is now at a point where it's a very popular position.

I was one of the first foreign players coming in to the Premier League.

The big clubs will always talk about the same names such as Ancelotti, Mourinho, and Wenger. Louis Van Gaal is always in there as well. He has his own style and is a very determined man. He knows exactly what he wants. He's got direction, the ability and experience at big clubs such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich.