Football Prestige Quotes

Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.

Al Ain are among the absolute best in Asia. When explaining their place in football in this part of the world, they are compared with Barcelona or Real Madrid.

There is no question that Notre Dame has the best, biggest and finest name in college football.

Who does not want to coach Barcelona?

Real Madrid? Any player would like to play for them.

There are some big teams out there who don't play in Champions League, but I can't deny that I'd love to play in Europe's most prestigious competition.

Playing in Barca is impressive: they're in the Champions League; everyone talks about this team. You will not find another club like it in the world.

In Ukraine as well as in Brazil, Manchester City is now considered one of the best teams in the world, and after I signed, people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams in the world.

If you're going to play high school football, you do it in Texas or Florida or Georgia for the simple fact it's such a big deal.

When you've played at Manchester United, it's hard to go anywhere else.

Madrid are the greatest club in the world and a cut above Bayern.

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

The only thing that Celtic doesn't have is the propaganda, which is the Premier League. In every other aspect of football, Celtic is a huge club: fan base, stadium and history. They have a fantastic history. What it doesn't have is the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

The kudos and hierarchy of playing in the Premier League for a footballer is huge.

Obviously the Champions League is the top of football, where everyone wants to play.

Chelsea are known as one of the biggest and most successful clubs around.

Who would not like to play for Juve?

I always wanted to play for AC Milan or Real Madrid. Real Madrid, of course, because when I was young, the players that played there were the top players. I was looking at Real Madrid as the best of the best. And AC Milan, they also had good players when I was young, so I looked at AC Milan the same way as Real Madrid.

Any player wants to be at Real Madrid.

Where do you go from Real Madrid that's better? There's one or two clubs up there but none better.

Real Madrid will be the first team to claim two Champions League trophies in a row.

The Ballon d'Or doesn't interest me any more.

To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.

Sometimes in England, people look down at the Europa League, but being from the continent, I've always realised what an important competition it is.