Transfer Fees Quotes

We know the English market is quite high and I think that sometimes puts clubs off. I think there is a lot of hype around the Premier League.

OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

Nowadays, it's hard to know if a player really deserves the money spent on him, because transfer values are high.

I know the questions will be around the money, the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of modern football. Big teams only want big players, big players are in big clubs, big clubs want to keep their big players.

Have transfer prices in England surprised me? No. Are the prices over-inflated? Yes. But there is no surprise now.

The main problem with English players has always been the price.

January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.

That is football. In the end, all clubs spend money.

I thought always Manchester United can buy every player because they have a lot of power.

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

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

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.

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

We want to build the club on our attendances. We don't want to pay all our TV money straight out in transfer fees and wages. We have to invest in developing Villa Park, allowing us to generate our own revenue streams.

There is a lot going on with negotiations in the football business, and I appreciate some people think that it's a crazy, absurd amount of money.

It is always difficult to sign players even if you are a big club.

We don't have major limits in the transfer market.

The strikers are the ones that normally go for big, big money because they're the ones who decide the games, nine times out of 10.

I'm going to give my best and not worry about transfer fees or anything like that.

I kept an eye on Chelsea's fortunes after they first tried to sign me.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not care if they move clubs for one million, 10 million, or 100 million Euros. That is just something a player leaves to his agent and the clubs.

People do focus on the transfer fee, but that's football.

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.

It is really tough now to buy a player - everyone is asking millions and millions and millions.

It's always a pleasure to know clubs like Chelsea, with their ambitious owner, are interested in you.