Harry Redknapp Quotes

Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime.

You always think you're one of those players who will be in one place the whole time, one of those guys they'll never let leave because you play hurt, do what it takes. But it's a different age. A lot of coaches, they like having younger guys.

If you are Cesc, going to Barcelona, he will make more money, more sponsorship, and he is going home. What did Arsenal do to keep him at the club? Absolutely nothing. Now the fans say he is not loyal. When you leave Arsenal, you become a traitor, regardless of what you have done.

I played for Sampdoria and stayed there 15 years. Of course, I could have gone to Juventus, to AC Milan, to Inter Milan many times, but I preferred to remain because Sampdoria were my family, from the owners to the players.

There's very few guys that play for one team their whole careers, nowadays, especially in the cap era it's a lot tougher.

I would love to finish my career at Real Madrid. But I would not cause a scene if, one day, a coach were to come along and decide he doesn't need me. Only then would I look elsewhere. And I repeat: Real is my priority.

I'm very happy to have been a one-club man, but I wouldn't shoot down guys who have gone off and played in multiple clubs either because, essentially, it is an earning that people are after.

You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.

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.

I cannot lie - I wasn't born a Manchester United fan, but I want everyone to know that a part of my heart will always be a red devil.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

I want to be part of Man United's future. I'm a Man United person.

It has been very special to be a San Diego Charger.

It is very difficult to find a player who stays at the same club for the whole of their career.

I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.

Of course it is very important for me to play for Croatia, however different it is to play at club level.

For me, at the level I'm playing at, I would love to finish my career at Liverpool if you gave me that option.

I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West Ham had to offer and never regretted signing for them, I loved it straight away.

I want to stay at Stoke and play for Stoke.

I'm loyal to Portland. I want to play my whole career here, but at any moment, they can decide we want somebody else.

I feel really good at Arsenal.

When you have played for Manchester United, it is difficult to go elsewhere.

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

My thing is, I want to play for the team that wants me to be a part of them.

Arsenal will always come first. You name them - Henry, Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp. People saw these stars shine, and they thought: 'Is there life after Vieira, Pires or Bergkamp?'. But look at what happens here. At Arsenal, you always see young, fresh talent grow into the same role as those stars who have left. Other players have replaced them.