Within 24 hours of my departure from Everton, I had already received the first offer. Then they kept coming, but I keep it all away from me.

Full compliments to everybody in Southampton because the support of the fans was amazing and the spirit and the belief of the players, it's very enjoyable for the manager.

If you offer a player a new contract, and a good contract, that means you want to keep the player.

Messi is the greatest, but he has always been surrounded by other great players.

It is always difficult when there is a lack of confidence and a lack of belief but it can be good for me to see the reaction of the team in a difficult time.

Great coaches can't win always in life.

I like to be in Europe - it's important for our experience. It's good for the club, the players and the fans.

I managed Zlatan when he was young and sometimes also difficult! But, okay, that is normal.

I like young players when they are still open to learn and behave normally, not driving a Porsche after three matches in the first team.

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

I played with Romario. Sometimes you think he's sleeping, then in one split second he's scoring. It's a big quality. That means a lot of concentration for defenders. He's always fast, always on the line of sight. That's his best quality.

The entire world knows what I have with Barcelona and what Barcelona have with Ronald Koeman, so if I could become Barcelona coach one day, I would be delighted.

You need luck, you need your key players, you need to be in the best shape, you need all of that to be champions.

There are so many other examples in the Premier League of players who are the best in their country and make a move because they are really ready for a level higher. If they come to the English top flight, it turns out they need a period to adjust in terms of pace, aggressiveness and physicality, especially as a midfielder.

When you have Van Gaal in charge, it is a fact that there is fear in his team. The players have a fear for mister Van Gaal. That is not always good.

If anyone has to overtake me, I'm glad that it is Messi.

I don't speak about rumours every day in the press, because it's not necessary to tell everybody the same answer.

If you win games you will have good possibilities to maybe play in Europe, you never know.

We are football players and we like to win games.

What I don't like too much really is individual comments about the performances of the players after the game.

It's easy to give your opinion in front of the television without any responsibility.

In Holland we have always viewed Villa as an important club with a tradition of being powerful in Europe when I was younger, so I would be very interested in managing them if the job was offered to me.

I love English football because of its brilliant atmosphere, intensity of the competition and the culture of respect that fans and players have for the game.

One of the things I'd bring to Villa if I was in charge is the idea that winning is important in football, but winning while playing offensive football is the best of all.

I've coached in Holland, Portugal and Spain and not only won trophies each time, but taken sides to the latter stages of the Champions League.

The Premier League is different. Sometimes the Bournemouth game can be more difficult than Liverpool or Chelsea.

I like to play attacking football, but I think the big difference is that we expect a lot more from our strikers, to do more pressing and to keep compact. We like to play a high line defensively and press the ball.

Normally I keep criticism of my players inside but sometimes people need to know what the manager is thinking.

Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.

I hate players who always play the ball back to the goalkeeper.

Old Trafford is not really intimidating, no. I think the Man United fans are always behind the team and it's a fantastic place to play football.