Mike Phelan Quotes

When Manchester United and Jose Mourinho come knocking at the door, it is an opportunity of a lifetime and one that I could not turn down.

I am delighted to have joined Manchester United. To work with Jose Mourinho once again was an opportunity I couldn't turn down.

I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.

Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.

What happens here, the daily agenda of Arsenal, is very different from what I experienced in Monchengladbach.

I consider this to be one of the biggest jobs in the country and to get the opportunity to be the manager of Newcastle is not something I'm going to give up lightly.

I understand there are so many managers who would love to be manager of Manchester United, and I am one of them.

I've always admired great football managers, and Sir Alex Ferguson had so much success.

I'd been coaching since the end of my playing career, first with England's Under 21s, then Manchester United, and finally, in Spain with Valencia.

It was different coming from Hale End to London Colney. The coaching is so much different and the environment - you've got loads of first team players and world-class players there.

I look at what is happening with Ryan Giggs at Manchester United now and I am dismayed that Liverpool are letting that experience leave.

I think the best place to work in football is England.

I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.

Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

I think England is the best league for me, for my style of play.

Tottenham is the club that first gave me my opportunity to play in one of the strongest leagues in the world.

Manchester United was a club with great traditions, traditions where they tended to pick British managers. That tradition has now gone.

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.

I am sure that the important managers always want to work here in the Premier League.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

When you know how the coach ticks and how he wants to play football, it makes the decision easier. But for the main part, I came to England because of the club Manchester United.

Everyone knows Jose Mourinho is a fantastic manager.

I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.

I hope to work sometime for an absolute top club. It should be no surprise that Manchester United are a dream club for me.

Coaching England is a huge job, and no ambitious coach would rule himself out completely.