Emre Can Quotes

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

Klopp is a great expert in football and I always said that I'd have liked to work with him when I was in my best form. He is a complete coach, he has everything.

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

When building a strong team, you need a strong leader.

I already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

With Marco Silva, the way he coaches players, he has that knowledge: he wants the best out of you, basically. He wants something out of you all the time, and having seen him work in a short space of time, it's only going to improve.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Hiddink really taught me a lot. We talked every day at Anzhi and I saw how he dealt with difficult situations, how he always seemed to know what the players needed. He was a great teacher. I hope I can be as successful as him.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

Under Pep Guardiola, it's hard work. For me, Guardiola is one of the best coaches I've ever met. He's incredibly clever and tactically really good, and he knows how to speak to us, how to motivate us, and that's what it is like.

I have led a few teams prior to the IPL, led in Mumbai T20 as well as DY Patil T20 tournament.

As commissioner, you have to have a great relationship with your players but also to the upper executives: you gotta make sure their mandates are all on target and in line.

I think Mark Hughes is the type of manager people want to play for.

The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.

Every manager can improve.

I think that's good for a coach to have two sides: the jokey side and the fiery side.

Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

It was a great experience under Van Gaal. He gave you the confidence to go and play.

Having the ability to relate to people is such an important part of management and leadership.