Harry Redknapp Quotes

My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.

When you are in the biggest clubs, and you are fighting for the best players with a lot of money, maybe the work of a sporting director is not so difficult.

I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

When I told Arsene Wenger I was leaving, he said to me, 'I have £25m to spend on a few players.' My answer was, 'Obviously, Mr. Wenger, you are not shopping in Harrods. That will only buy you one good player.' Now I have been proved right.

When you have good players in your squad that means other clubs are looking to them as well. For me, it is a normal situation in football.

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

We don't have major limits in the transfer market.

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.

We're Man United, of course, we're going to be interested in the best players in the world, I'd be pretty amazed if we weren't.

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

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

The number of French players Arsenal have brought through is very impressive, and many of the players who arrived, especially the young ones, were unknown when they arrived to the general public.

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

We're always able to look at a position and have our view in terms of the list of targets that would suit Manchester United and augment our team.

When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.

Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

PSG - I think they had a money problem and they couldn't buy players. This is the main reason I didn't go there.

The decisions related to recruitment are all taken by football experts. My involvement is signing off the money.

At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.

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

I got Everton competing at the top end of the league with a midtable budget.

Ask anyone in the game: if you want a player from France or a French player, 99 per cent of the time, you will have to deal with Willie McKay or someone like him. If you want to get the job done, then you need the Willie McKays of this world.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.