You can have Guardiola as a manager, you can have Koeman as a manager, anybody as a manager, but the players inside the white lines win the game.

From what I saw in Spain and Germany most of the teams drop back and then they have all of the time to build up and have the movements. In the Premier League it is more physical and about set plays. It is more difficult.

I was not happy when we lost Morgan Schneiderlin, Nat Clyne and other players of that quality at Southampton.

I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.

A new project can offer you a new challenge.

It is not always possible, but the best plan is always to keep hold of your best players.

What I don't like is talk about rumours.

I still believe in 'how you train, how you play.'

If players know their role it is easier to keep to them.

Everyone knows I have a relationship with Barcelona.

In life everything is possible. In football everything is possible.

You cannot plan what is going to happen. You cannot plan your life.

I'm in love with Barcelona, life there is fantastic. It was my best period playing.

It's always important with a young one in your team that he needs to be comfortable in the position he plays.

That's the difference between outside and playing in the Premier League.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

It's an easy answer, as a manager, to say: 'I need time.'

When I was a player it was not normal that I would cook at home but now that I have more time, I do sometimes. I like it, I like to cook and maybe sometime I would like to have some lessons.

I sort of collect watches.

When my two boys were growing up and asking me about what I did and what kind of player I was I showed them all the matches from the European Championships in 1988 when we beat Germany in the semi-final and won the final against Russia.

In football, as in life, as in business, everything can be talked about and discussed.

I respect and admire the Premier League.

When I spoke to Everton, the plan, the project, the history of the club was interesting. If I didn't see ambition in Everton I wouldn't come to Everton and that's maybe a good message to all of the players.

If you are a happy man then you can give your best.

When you build the house, you don't start with the roof.

I don't read the comments of fans, no.

I think we have very good facilities for the youth in Holland. We have very good youth coaches and I think that is some of the reasons that always Holland has very good football players.

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.

I like my life and I like to be positive.

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

If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.

Everything would have been different for Barcelona without Messi.

If you have a lot of injuries for a long period, that makes it more normal to bring in new players.

When you bring Van Gaal in the house, you bring in quality. But you also bring in someone who thinks he knows everything. And that will cause clashes.

I know English football people say you have to look out for young players, that maybe they can play 15 or 20 games but not more. They are afraid. I am not afraid to put young players in. I am not afraid but maybe they are.

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.

I'd prefer to have 10 players scoring 10-15 goals than one scoring 25.

I think it's normal that you will lose players if you don't play every season in the Champions League, because that's the intention for every player to be part of that.

We have to be confident. If we are not you can't win.

I know myself that I am a manager who really gives young players a chance when they deserve it.

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.

Daley Blind, Georginio Wijnaldum and Kevin Strootman too. They are examples of how you should behave as a top player.

It's not only Van Dijk who can stop Ronaldo. But Ronaldo is good enough to create against really good defenders.

Lukaku sees football and lives for his game the way I think a top player should live for it.

I see differences in how I like to work with young players and how I like to give young players a chance maybe more than English managers.

I love coaching and I love Barcelona.

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.

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.