Fabio Capello Quotes

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

In England and Germany, perhaps, there is more of a focus on the physical side of the game, in breaking down the opposition's play, especially against the lower placed sides.

Here the football is more physically strong. The Spanish are more technical. In Italy more tactical. In England... you have to run. We don't fear the tackles, because the people like this.

It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter Milan, because they have the intention of trying to stop us rather than playing a game that is more attractive for the spectators to enjoy.

European teams have always shied away from South American football. They struggle to get to grips with it. The South American game is more technical and about keeping possession, while European football is more dynamic, physical and direct.

The Swedish team plays very differently from Arsenal. There is more freedom with Arsenal and they play a passing game.

Obviously, culturally, England's style of play is a lot more direct and physical. In Spain, they're a lot more patient, and they have the ball a lot more.

The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.

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

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

Italian football is just how I imagined it to be - far more tactical than the Spanish game which is based on technique.

The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

From what I saw in Spain and Germany most of the teams drop back and then they have all of the time to build up and have the movements. In the Premier League it is more physical and about set plays. It is more difficult.

United's history was built on attacking football, which does not always mean that the team kept clean sheets or did not concede chances.

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

In every country, you play a different style of football. Sometimes if it's really tactical, like it is in Spain, it seems like it slows down the tempo, but it's not really the case.

Maybe other managers would see their team score one goal and then prefer to go back and counter-attack, then try to score the second goal. A lot of those managers are the best managers at the moment, but for me, it's very important to continue the way I play.

Cruyff defined a philosophy and a style of how we had to play: positional play, type of players, the profile of the coaches, even.

I think Sassuolo are a serious club who play great football, keeping the ball, and are almost Spanish in style.

The attacking philosophy is in the walls of Man United. That's tradition; that's history. That's how we play and want to play.

English football is very different from Italian; it's more physical, and matches are always very open.

I don't want just pure roll out of the back four. I want productive mixed play... how many ways can you affect a game?

When you play against a Spanish team, especially Madrid, it is quite an open game.