Football Debate Quotes

This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.

If Messi is the best on the planet, Ronaldo is the best in the universe.

When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a big punch to the gut for our sport.

In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'

Messi or Ronaldo? I prefer Messi because he is more of a street player.

Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?

If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play.

We often talk about this VAR, this new technology. It's very important new technology. On the pitch maybe it's not clear. You cannot see... maybe from another angle in front of the TV it's much more clear. But it's, as always, football. It's easy to be much more polemic about this and that.

I struggle to understand why many in football get so upset about dual nationality.

I don't watch football debate shows on TV, hardly listen to the radio or read the papers.