Ron Atkinson Quotes

I did good in the Premier League.

If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.

In the Premier League, there is a team above the others. This team is Manchester City. Then there is a very good team, Liverpool.

Obviously, when I signed for Middlesbrough, I was hoping that we would stay up and that I'd be a big player for them in the Premier League.

United have some world-class players with a world-class manager.

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

I like English football very much. It is truly one of the best leagues in the world.

It's not that easy to come from the Bundesliga into the Premier League. It's something different.

Manchester United are not just any football club.

I'd like not only to test myself against Barcelona, but top teams from the other leagues.

I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player.

If you win games you will have good possibilities to maybe play in Europe, you never know.

If you understand the magnitude of how big a football club Aston Villa is, there's a lot to be excited about.

To go and watch Manchester United, whether it's home or away, is entertainment; it's goals - whether you concede goals or whether you can score goals.

I'd been coaching since the end of my playing career, first with England's Under 21s, then Manchester United, and finally, in Spain with Valencia.

A club like Liverpool has to be involved in Europe, whether it is the Europa League or Champions League.

Aston Villa had been in touch and they'd gone into the Premier League so I knew I could play in the Premier League just like that.

For me, the Premier League is full of quality, and the clubs competing at the top are the same who compete at the top of Europe every year.

My dad played football, too, in the former Yugoslavia.

Manchester United is the biggest club in the world and is clearly determined to get back to the top.

Everyone says it, but if you finish above United, you're going to win the league.

Germans have a rich history of playing well in the World Cup.

We all know the Premier League is a competitive league and that every game is competitive.

The Premier league is better with Mourinho.

It's very exciting, everyone wants to see Aston Villa back in the Premier League and kicking on from there. It's great to see this club with such a rich history of being in the top flight, it's an exciting prospect.