Louis van Gaal Quotes

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.

Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

Roy Hodgson destroyed me. He made me play in the centre of midfield.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

I would say Pep Guardiola's No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.

You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

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

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

I think that everyone expects Xavi to be a coach, and he has the profile to be at Barcelona or wherever he is.

Gareth Southgate is a fantastic manager, and he knows what I am about.

Mourinho is the best manager I've ever worked with.

Sarri taught me football. He is a coach I really like, well-prepared and even scientific in the way he analyses games.

I was struck by the ideas of Sarri, when you see them from outside you get a certain idea but when you are inside you understand the intelligence of a coach who has brought new ideas.

As I've got older, I've become more intrigued about formations, tactics, I listen a lot more to the manager's team talk; as a kid, if I'm honest, I never listened.

Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.

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.

I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

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

I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of view, so they're able to give us a lot of tips and a lot of pointers, and I think coaches are really, really important.

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.

Inzaghi is a complete European coach.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.