I think it's very tough to manage a club like United.
It was too short: I've said many times that I would have done things differently had I known I'd only have 10 months because United are one of the few clubs in football who could have given a manager more time, like Bill Kenwright did with me at Everton.
The ideal time to take over a club is always in the summer, but I'd certainly rather take over with four games having gone than 10, 14, 20 played.
Decision making is always top of the tree when it comes to the big football clubs and where it takes you.
Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world... so far, nothing has come to me, because if anything comes, it comes to my manager.
I was at Marseille and had four coaches in four seasons. Changing coaches is nothing new.
Gasperini works really well, if Inter picked him up, it is naturally because they had good reasons.
For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me.
As far as I know, Fulham were never for sale during my time there. Mohamed Al Fayed never wanted to sell Fulham.
It's a great honour to be asked to be the next manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the football club.
First, as an owner of the club, you must choose a style of football. After that, you must find the managers that will work with the young players in your team in that style. After that, you must put a manager in the squad with the same mentality.
I knew Portuguese football and I knew that Rio Ave was a medium-sized club but I also knew they are organised off the pitch. We felt that we could achieve something special playing in a different way.
