Player Signing Quotes

I had long conversations with Wenger before I joined Real, and that's how I got to know about Arsenal and the way that they like to sign talented players who can move the ball well.

Everybody had heard the rumours that Real wanted to sign James Rodriguez after the World Cup, and I knew that they were going to sell me to make room for him.

So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year.

The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns.

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.

I really like Manchester City. They have put everything into trying to sign me so that I can be there and that is welcome.

I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros to pounds to dollars. It is a difficult process, but one we have to work with.

If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?

Arsenal is a great club - the facilities are wonderful - but I feel it is a club that takes big care before signing a player, notably considering human values.

The buying power of clubs is very different. You can't sign players if you don't have money, and if there is no money, that's it. As a player, there's nothing you can do.