Ed Woodward Quotes

When a scout recommends a brilliant right back or a coach recommends one from our academy, we want the manager to weigh up what is right for the team.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.

But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

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.

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

Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.

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

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

You always want all good players at your team.

Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.

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

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

A winning model would mean trying to get the best possible players that you can, at whatever age they are; it doesn't matter.

Obviously, it's important for any team that wants to be really successful to try to have the best players that they possibly can in all positions, and I think Alisson is definitely one of the best in the world in his position.

It's hard to change a roster around. You've got to hit your draft picks right, you've gotta hit free agency right, and a team's got to fit together.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current market for whatever reason and you look to get them to play at a higher level than where they have come from. That's how you develop the team.

My sole focus is producing the best team possible for England.