The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

Howard Wilkinson

Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It's tough, it's difficult and they showed me how life is like in professional football.

Adama Traore

Life Wed Villa

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

Alex Ferguson

Sports Relationship Wit

I've watched quite a few matches to understand English football.

Alexandre Lacazette

Watched Watch Understand

I love English football.

Alexandre Pato

Love T I Love

I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

Alexandre Pato

Art You Would

I follow English football a lot and Ancelotti.

Alexandre Pato

T Low Lot

Ever since I started watching Premier League, I found English football very appealing.

Alexis Sanchez

Art Watching Watch

I'd like to play in English football, especially for Manchester United.

Alexis Sanchez

United Unite Unit

English football is different to Italy and Spain. You don't have that much time to calm down or relax because, all the time, the ball is on fire.

Alvaro Morata

Time You Use

I like English football a lot.

Andrea Pirlo

T Lot Like

It was always a dream and goal of mine to try out in English football.

Angel Di Maria

Ways Way Try

The Premier League is more physically demanding than Ligue 1. I love English football; it's the best in the world in my opinion, and I hope to stay here for many years to come.

Anthony Martial

Love Hope Years

English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.

Aymeric Laporte

Very Than T

It was a bit of a shock playing against Millwall. I knew the reputation of English football was tough, but my first thoughts when we started were, 'Wow, this is different to Denmark.' They kicked a little more and made crazy tackles, but I wasn't injured when I returned to Denmark, so I guess I did OK.

Christian Eriksen

Art Yin Wow

English football is a type of football which excites me a lot.

Dani Alves

Which Type T

I love English football. I love the way people live it so intensely.

Dani Alves

Love Way Tense

English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!

David de Gea

You Us Thing

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.

David Ginola

Time Age Wit

I'm confident I can be a success in English football.

David Silva

Success T ID

It's fantastic for Arsenal, and for English football as well. You've got an English club with a lot of young English talent committing themselves to a club.

Dennis Bergkamp

Young You Wit

Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.

Diego Costa

I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.

Diego Maradona

I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.

Eden Hazard

I have always had the dream to play in English football and now I'm going to make it true.

Ederson

I always say the Premier League is the best in the world, and I still feel it is an honour to be playing here, but I think English football suits my game. Football is more physical here; the ref is not whistling every foul.

Emre Can

My process to adapt to English football has been very good.

Fabinho

English football has an enormous following across the world, not just because of the players but because of its history, its tradition, the excitement, the capacity crowds.

Fernando Torres

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.

Franz Beckenbauer

Looking from the outside at English football, at Spanish football, it's more interesting, and they have the champions and the celebrities that they want to see. But with the passion that Italians have for football, the pride that they have, I don't think the game will stay that way.

Gabriel Batistuta

English football is different: always on the attack. Although one thing is clear. The best football is the Italian.

Gabriel Batistuta

I am fascinated by English football.

Gabriel Batistuta

There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.

Gary Neville

There is a great deal of fair play in English football.

Gennaro Gattuso

English football is very, very difficult. It is very disciplined.

Gennaro Gattuso

I like English football so much - it is very strong.

Giorgio Chiellini

The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody's scared of.

Gordon Taylor

The arrival of Arsene Wenger in 1996 certainly heralded a change in English football. He was very successful very quickly, and suddenly, all the talk was about his revolutionary new training methods.

Harry Redknapp

English football is really different to football in other countries.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

Howard Wilkinson

When I'm in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.

Joe Scarborough

The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.

Johan Cruyff

I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money.

John W. Henry

You see how Spanish, Italians, Portuguese play football. I don't say they are perfect, I say English football has a few things to learn from them in the same way they have a lot of things to learn from English football.

Jose Mourinho

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them.

Jose Mourinho

English football is changing: the champions don't play a 'typical' English style, for example. But in general, it's quicker than in Spain: more counter-attacks, more open, more direct.

Juan Mata

Obviously, Spain is my home, and I have everything here - family, friends - but I'm very happy in England, with the way of life we have and with English football.

Juan Mata

I'm passionate about English football; it's lived in a special way, unique.

Julen Lopetegui

I like many things in English football - everyone lives and breathes it here. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't like Spanish football.

Julen Lopetegui

English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.

Kevin Keegan

English footballers are honest - they will run for 90-odd minutes - but that is not always what you need. Sometimes you need to rein back a bit and try and control the game with your passing.

Kyle Walker