Michael Laudrup Quotes

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

I have always said that the BVB style is exactly how I want to play football.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

Arsene Wenger's idea is not only to play good football. It's to play good football to win. In my day, we knew that with our style we could hurt teams and win trophies too. But we did it our way, with the positional game, passing, movement.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.

Someone said that my coaching is a combination of Milan's defensive discipline and the Dutch propensity for attacking football, and I think that is a fair description.

Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

I don't think City play a Brazilian style - it is more Spanish the way we play here.

My style of play has always been 'Guardiola style,' so I've not had too many problems. At the same time, he helps you to evolve and to change little things, because it's obviously not exactly the same style of play as at Bilbao.

Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.

With Arsene, he wanted us to play in the same way regardless of the opponents. The idea was that we could play in our way and beat anyone.

When we talk about Arsene Wenger, I like the fact that he focuses 80 percent about the style of play he wants for his team and not taking so much consideration into the other team.

Cruyff's idea was, quite literally, to play football - nothing more, nothing less. His idea of how football should be played was based not on controlling the opponent, but on the ball and the game.

Throughout their career, the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta have all been taught to a play a certain way. English players have been taught a different way, just like Brazil have been taught a different way.

The Tottenham way is attacking football - that's what the fans expect.

You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

Scottish football doesn't suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.

It's in the DNA of River fans to prefer attractive and technical football with plenty of possession. I noticed that quickly, and I was made aware just how important that was to River fans, and so I tried to adapt with my characteristics and ability.

In a way, I feel there's a Carrick style of playing.

At Barcelona, it wasn't about winning all the time; it was first about how to win.

I'm an admirer of Guardiola's work.

I think the Brazil system is similar to the one we use at Liverpool, with lots of movement, players open out wide, and quality midfielders who join the attack and score goals.

I love Sarri's philosophy. We play high, with a lot of possession in a technical way.