The last thing the NFL wants to do is make problems for the colleges.
My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.
When I left Liverpool, my aim was to get into the top six, and I was looking for a team that could get involved at that level. West Ham were brilliant at the time. They'd signed a lot of players, had a lot of money. But they've had problems since then.
In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.
Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.
Success at United doesn't depend on money but about which players we bring in.
Every season, players come in and players go, but I think it is good news if top players come in.
When I went in to Liverpool, my job in the first season was to cut the budget. You only need to look at the players who left. Maxi Rodriguez, Alberto Aquilani, Pepe Reina.
It's typical at Real Madrid that we often seem to be going through a revolution.
Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.
You never know: there is a lot of movement in football. You can never predict where you're going to play.
I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.
The technical director's role is very important - not just on contracts, not just on signing players and seeing through the philosophy but also in taking a bit of weight off the manager.
Juventus can afford to spend a great deal of money for new players. But Napoli can always respond by playing magnificently.
It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.
When you come to Manchester United, in every transfer window - whether the team is doing well or badly - there are always players linked with the club because this club is always linked with the best players.
For clubs, free movement plays a big role in transfers and players' contracts. Players from the E.U. can sign for U.K. clubs without needing a visa or special work permit, making it quicker and easier to secure top talent from across Europe to come and play in our leagues.
I kept an interested eye on the transfer window in England, which opened and closed last month, and the lack of frantic activity just goes to show the current financial state of the game right now.
Liverpool has always had speculation about managers, players, players coming, players going and it's the same as managers. That's part of being part of a big club, you always have that type of thing.
Clubs will lose great players, and great players will come in.
Today, the biggest clubs in the world, they buy the players they need for whatever way they think they have to play.
You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.
