Frank Arnesen Quotations

We were looking for a very good keeper, who has the ambition to play, but also knows Paul Robinson is in front of him,

He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1.

He is a great talent with special qualities, a very promising central defender who possesses a good mentality and who will further enhance our growing squad.

He is 31 in February and it is the ideal situation for him and us -- and he will stay here for 18 months.

He was keen to return home and, although we rate him highly here, we did not like to see him unhappy.

I've been more involved in football in the last one-and-a-half months here than I have been in the entire year,

Many clubs like him and this is normal, he is big lad, left footed and has a lot of experience even though he is only 21.

We do have to buy players like Real Madrid and AC Milan so we can't say our philosophy is just to use young players, ... We will bring players in from outside and inside but it is up to me and the academy to make sure the players are good enough.

When Roman came here he wanted to quickly get the club up to a certain level,

Our target is to find an academy player and bring him through to the first team in two years' time.