Ernesto Valverde Quotes

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

I've always wanted to work with De Zerbi, and I think he is a genius in his vision of football.

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

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.

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

Gareth Southgate is a fantastic manager, and he knows what I am about.

Inzaghi is a complete European coach.

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.

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

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

You cannot compare Pep to any Brazilian coach. If you put all Brazilian coaches together, you would get Pep. One has motivational skills, another is tactically strong. But Pep has it all.

I am a fantastic football manager, not a hard-headed businessman.

I don't think football management is easy.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

With Luis Enrique, I never expected he would become a coach. He was an intuition player; he didn't speak with me about tactics.

I began training the young players at Nova Iguacu and at Boavista, and I enjoyed it. I had always wanted to be a coach, and this accelerated the process.

You cannot just copy and paste Carlo Ancelotti. He's been coaching for 20 years now and I have never heard a player complaining about him.

Guardiola was a very special coach for me, the first when I was at Barcelona. He is a great coach, a lovely person, and I have very good memories of that time, but I would have liked to have had a full year with him.

Van Gaal is the best coach I've had. We've got a very special relationship.

I'm really a normal football manager.

Every manager is different in one way or another, but what stays the same is coaching Barcelona players - players who want the ball, who want to be protagonists on the field - so each manager who's been here has been able to take advantage of that, and, luckily, I feel we've become more complete because of it.

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.

Ernesto Valverde is a great coach.

I have been compared with Antonio Conte and it is an honour to be compared with him. I would love to enjoy the same success he has had as a coach.