Ed Woodward Quotes

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

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

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

At Barcelona, there is always talk of signings, but I want to compete with the best.

Manchester United has done an incredible job of building a young, talented, deep squad.

It is not always about signing star forwards and midfielders.

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

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.

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

I had long conversations with Wenger before I joined Real, and that's how I got to know about Arsenal and the way that they like to sign talented players who can move the ball well.

We're Man United, of course, we're going to be interested in the best players in the world, I'd be pretty amazed if we weren't.

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.

This is Manchester United; we have the capacity to buy new players, we have the best players in the world. But I think it's good for me.

The number of French players Arsenal have brought through is very impressive, and many of the players who arrived, especially the young ones, were unknown when they arrived to the general public.

It would be great to have more Spanish players at Manchester United.

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

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.

Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.

When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.

PSG - I think they had a money problem and they couldn't buy players. This is the main reason I didn't go there.

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

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

I kept an eye on Chelsea's fortunes after they first tried to sign me.

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