Patrick Vieira Quotes

I dream of being managed by Arsene Wenger.

I'm not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter or Real Madrid. It wouldn't be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time. Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn't be a problem.

With a coach like Mourinho, it's probably easier for a club to get top stars.

If Celtic were to build a team strong enough to regularly compete in the Champions League, I might decide to manage them one day.

The worst thing Spurs ever did was get rid of Keith Burkinshaw. They have never replaced him.

I won with Fiorentina, Lazio, and Inter.

Juventus can afford to spend a great deal of money for new players. But Napoli can always respond by playing magnificently.

I've got massive respect for Arsene Wenger for what he's done for the English game, and it would have been good to work under him, but that didn't happen.

Liverpool will always buy good players, even if they already have good players. That's normal. I think it has to be normal for a club like Liverpool because that means you're a big club.

Ancelotti is a coach with a lot of experience. He won the Champions League while at Milan, playing some great football in the process.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

It is not so easy to turn yourself into one of the big clubs in the Premier League and also the Champions League.

A coach I admire? Jurgen Klopp. No doubt.

Arsene Wenger has not just brought success to Arsenal. He is a very creative manager, producing almost fantasy football.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.

If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.

Tite is doing a great job for the Brazilian national team.

English clubs should not be pleased to go to places like Barcelona and get away without a thrashing. They should be able to compete. They have the resources.

For me, Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers in the world. I don't think he needs to show anyone that he is one of the best.

Real Madrid go for everything right from the start of the season. They always fight for the three competitions.

With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.

I've known John Toshack a long, long time because I grew up with his son Cameron. If he was English, there is no doubt that he would be mentioned in the same breath as someone like Terry Venables.

The opportunity to work with Antonio Conte, a brilliant coach, and some of the best players in the world was too good to turn down.

You don't want to play one year in the Champions' League and go out. You don't then establish yourself as a big club.

Chelsea are one of the great teams in Europe and Mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world.