Ron Atkinson Quotes

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

United need to be in the Champions League.

Bayern have always been quite successful in European competition, but the competition is not a wish concert: you always have to be fit.

United should have won more than three European Cups. When you look back at some of those semi-final and quarter-final defeats, we could and should have gone on to win the competition.

Bayern Munich are a team that absolutely have to play in the Champions League.

If you win games you will have good possibilities to maybe play in Europe, you never know.

With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.

You don't want to play one year in the Champions' League and go out. You don't then establish yourself as a big club.

French football must go as far as possible in the Champions League.

Napoli are one of Europe's top teams.

It's always a good time to play against a team when they come back from Europe, whether it's the Europa League or Champions League.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

Playing Chelsea is as tough a test as you'll get in Europe these days.

Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe.

Playing away from home in Europe is never easy.

I think England is one of the biggest soccer leagues in the world - fantastic! Just like Spain's LaLiga also, with big players, big teams.

English clubs should not be pleased to go to places like Barcelona and get away without a thrashing. They should be able to compete. They have the resources.

Why did I not join one of the top five clubs in Europe? Because I am no longer one of the top five players around, and neither are Inter among the five best clubs.

The best teams in Europe play in the Champions League, and when you face them, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Everybody wants to play in Europe, and if you're in the rhythm of playing a game every three or four days, sometimes you can play better, even though it's harder at the end of the season.

When I took over at Everton, the challenge for us was to try to go toe-to-toe with a club having success in Europe and sometimes competing for the Premier League.

I want to write a new story in Europe, to make a new history. I want to come to win the championship and play again in the Champions League.

To put your team in the top level of the Champions League is special.

Everyone in the Champions League has quality.

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.