Sol Campbell Quotes

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

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.

I respect Bielsa a lot. For me, he is a special coach. I think the best coaches in the world work in different things, and a lot of coaches, we cannot train like Bielsa. It's difficult to train like Bielsa. But every coach can learn from different coaches. But with Bielsa, I think all coaches learn something from him.

Louis van Gaal is a good coach. We have a lot of team meetings, and he analyses much - other teams, our own players at training, a lot. Everywhere he has been, he was successful.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.

I went a week to see Mourinho at training, and another week with Guardiola. I learned from the two, I took important things from both.

Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.

If I could play a game and not have to tackle, I know that I did everything right. I organized everyone the right way, read every play the right way.

Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.

I kept track of everything Mourinho did, from his training methods to his tactical analysis - I have it all stored on my computer. I want to be a manager like him in the future.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

Beyond studying, though, I think a coach should mainly have knowledge of football: if you do not know what to say to the players then you are not going anywhere.

When I arrived at Bayern he asked me: 'How are you? Are you ready to learn how to play football?' Before, I thought the coach's job was just to set up the team. However, with Guardiola it's something different. He is addicted to football and because of that he is a phenomenon.

Rafael Benitez and Mourinho are coaches with different ideas, but both want to win.

I don't think football management is easy.

I had a brilliant relationship with Thomas Tuchel. We spoke a lot, not only on the surface, but really deep about football and our work.

I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.

You just constantly are evaluating and learning and drawing players and coverages and talking through it. It's part of making you the player, how you want to approach the game.

Sarri taught me football. He is a coach I really like, well-prepared and even scientific in the way he analyses games.

You make smart, educated decisions that are best for your football team.

In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.