Patrick Vieira Quotes

One of the reasons I chose Tottenham is the way Pochettino thinks and how he plays. I really like that.

I learned a lot from Arsene Wenger, especially his tactical systems and how to plan things game to game, week to week and month to month.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

I remember Arsene Wenger very well from our time in Japan. I like the way his teams play, with an offensive mentality - it is a philosophy I share. I think he gets the best out of the players he has, and this is the key to his success.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

My style of play has always been 'Guardiola style,' so I've not had too many problems. At the same time, he helps you to evolve and to change little things, because it's obviously not exactly the same style of play as at Bilbao.

I know Roy Hodgson very well; he rarely changes tactically.

I'm an admirer of Guardiola's work.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

I have always said that the BVB style is exactly how I want to play football.

With Arsene, he wanted us to play in the same way regardless of the opponents. The idea was that we could play in our way and beat anyone.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

I don't think football management is easy.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

Maybe other managers would see their team score one goal and then prefer to go back and counter-attack, then try to score the second goal. A lot of those managers are the best managers at the moment, but for me, it's very important to continue the way I play.

Cruyff defined a philosophy and a style of how we had to play: positional play, type of players, the profile of the coaches, even.

If I have an idea of football, and I am the manager, it doesn't make sense for the club to find players with a different profile.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.

Playing 4-5-1, I could have all the liberty in the world - it was complicated to express myself.