John Stones Quotes

For you to even enquire about one player, he is expensive. You go to buy a right-back, a left-back, or a central defender, and he is expensive.

I think Inter have been very clear: if a good offer comes in, they have to let me go. They don't want to lose me, but there is a chance they will let me go.

Nowadays, it's hard to know if a player really deserves the money spent on him, because transfer values are high.

When a club has €200m left on its transfer budget in the final days of the transfer period, why shouldn't they make a higher bid when their initial €70m bid has been rejected?

When a striker does well it is normal that he is courted by other teams.

The main problem with English players has always been the price.

When a club pays money it's because it's his value in the market.

There is some right old rubbish talked about Gareth Bale's time with me at Tottenham. Was I ever going to sell Bale? No. Was I going to loan him? No.

To be realistic, the big Dutch clubs cannot afford me. That's not because of my wages; it's the transfer fee.

I have never said I would leave Arsenal.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not care if they move clubs for one million, 10 million, or 100 million Euros. That is just something a player leaves to his agent and the clubs.

In the world of football, it is normal that rumours come from the media. It is something that I'm used to.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

It is always difficult to sign players even if you are a big club.

At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.

To be honest I didn't have a clue that I was the most expensive Scottish player. It's not something that comes into my head.

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

In Spain, players have an official price tag, just like shirts hanging in a shop do.

All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.

I kept an interested eye on the transfer window in England, which opened and closed last month, and the lack of frantic activity just goes to show the current financial state of the game right now.

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

I think every player should be allowed to stay or leave a club.

If you asked all the goalkeepers in my era, they will tell you that they were worth a lot more than the price they were bought.

A move away from Arsenal did not fall through because I had no offers to move.