Eniola Aluko Quotes

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

I always say that Madrid must have the best players, as this is the best club in the world. But it is not for me to say which players should be signed.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

If you buy too many bad players, you don't last in this game.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

I am much more a pitch manager than a general manager. I am one of the few managers who is bored by the transfer market. Our task is growing the players that we have.

We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.

I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you can't invent him if he doesn't exist.

It is possible to sign many great players, but you cannot buy a team.

Juventus can afford to spend a great deal of money for new players. But Napoli can always respond by playing magnificently.

Manchester City seems to have unlimited spending restraint and are attempting to have all-star quality at each position - two deep. That will be hard to beat.

Clubs like Manchester United or Barcelona have a system, and then you hire personnel who fit this system.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

Liverpool will always buy good players, even if they already have good players. That's normal. I think it has to be normal for a club like Liverpool because that means you're a big club.

Ajax have a tradition of good football and play 4-3-3, which suits me. They also spend lots of money on youth players with the aim of putting them in the first team.

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

There are certain guys you just take from different teams that you watch.