Roberto Mancini Quotes

I like to be in Europe - it's important for our experience. It's good for the club, the players and the fans.

It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world.

Football has limited success in Europe.

There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.

Domestic titles are very important, but to win the Champions League, you are saying, 'We are the best team in Europe.'

The Premier League is more physically demanding than Ligue 1. I love English football; it's the best in the world in my opinion, and I hope to stay here for many years to come.

Whether it's the Premier League or the Champions League, I can showcase my abilities.

A lot of the South Korean players are very interested in the Premier League. They ask questions about what life there is like, so I try to give them answers.

If you go to Spain and ask, 'Who has the best goalkeepers?' they will say, 'The Spanish.' If you go to Germany, they will say German goalkeepers, and Italy the same. You go to England and they say, 'God knows!'

When English football started to integrate more with European football, England started to share the Latin culture more.

I had plenty of opportunities before I went to Spain to stay in England, and I had made a decision that I would go and work in Spain.

I watched the Premier League regularly in Germany. It is the most famous league in the world, and I have always enjoyed it.

I never thought that I would ever go over to China for any reason - then to be able to go over there and play basketball, embracing the culture.

It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for.

My father loved European football; he also loved the Brazilian team. His own dad loved the Brazilian team.

Now in the U.S.A., a lot of great players come after their careers in Europe, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, great players.

I went to Japan to experience a new culture, and I would recommend that any footballer does that. But the main reason I went was to play football.

Coming to Europe and winning the Champions League with a great club like Bayern is everything I can ask for.

In Ukraine as well as in Brazil, Manchester City is now considered one of the best teams in the world, and after I signed, people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams in the world.

The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.

Qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage was a big thing in Israel.

I have been visiting China since 1995.

When I was growing up, I knew a lot about football because I saw some of my grown-up siblings watching football on TV and they supported Manchester United.

Obviously, you want English players playing in the Champions League against the very best players in Europe.

Sometimes I miss European football.