Peter Schmeichel Quotes

It is not always about signing star forwards and midfielders.

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.

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.

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.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

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

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.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha.

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.

Malaga were the club that bid the hardest for me, and they were the first, too. When Villarreal told me that they wanted to sell me, I chose them.

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

We're always able to look at a position and have our view in terms of the list of targets that would suit Manchester United and augment our team.

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

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

If Celtic were to build a team strong enough to regularly compete in the Champions League, I might decide to manage them one day.

It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.

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

The most important thing in IPL is to select the players. You don't get much time to develop a team so it's important to pick the right players.

It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.

I am much more a pitch manager than a general manager. I am one of the few managers who is bored by the transfer market. Our task is growing the players that we have.

It is a pleasure to see your name in the list of players that Barca want.

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.