Club Hierarchy Quotes

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

In big clubs, you always have competitions for places.

FC Bayern are only my second club.

Decision making is always top of the tree when it comes to the big football clubs and where it takes you.

There's no club out there that is really a step up when you play for Bayern Munich. At most, you can join a club that acts at the same level.

It's always this thing about being the big brother and the little brother coming to try to overtake the big brother. That always happens in families and in clubs - the young player hoping to take the old player's position - and City are hoping to overtake United. I don't think they'll ever be able to, though.

In England, the club presidents do not seek publicity or have a high profile. In Spain, they like to be considered the most important person at the club.