Managerial Autonomy Quotes

I have to let the general manager do what makes the most sense, or I can't hold him accountable.

In the modern corporation the decisive power, that of the managers , is derived from no one but the managers themselves controlled by nobody and nothing and responsible to no one. It is in the most literal sense unfounded, unjustified, uncontrolled and irresponsible power.

If there is one thing worse for a manager than having an interfering owner it is uncertainty over the ownership.

You can't make a manager have a coach he doesn't want. I can't make the head of the accounting department work with someone he doesn't want.

It's my opinion that a manager must have the right to manage and that clubs should not impose upon any manager any player that he does not want. I have been left with no choice other than to leave.

Mancini is lucky. He has an owner [Sheikh Mansour] who speaks little and asks only: "What do you need?"

I don't want to go into the situation of the other teams, other clubs, other managers. Every single club decides their own strategy.

I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.

My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.