League Competitiveness Quotes

I feel that every league is very competitive.

You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on 80 percent of the teams, but why would a team sign a player when you can pay dirt, and they're not going to win anyway?

The day it becomes impossible for teams like Palace to get results against City, the league might as well just fold up, and we'll do everything on paper.

I never worried about teams who spend what they want to spend. It never bothered me. At the moment we have a lot of Middle Eastern owners, we have American owners of course, Russian owners. It never bothered me one bit. All I was concerned about was that we at United maintained our level of expectation, be competitive, be at the top part of the Premier League.

I don't agree that there are big teams and small teams in the Premier League. There are just a lot of good teams.

We have six teams at the level of Bayern Munich in the Premier League.

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is a final. I enjoy it more in England because you have to think quicker. The pace of the game is faster, so you don't have much time to think.

The Dutch league is not one of the strongest five leagues in the world, or even Europe, and that's why it is difficult to maintain.

I always think the same: English players don't generally leave England, which is strange. But of course, the Premier League's got the reputation as one of best leagues going, and one of the most competitive leagues.

Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.

Everything has to be within the rules, but the physical side in England is why it's such a competitive league.