Arrigo Sacchi Quotations

Real Madrid has always been happy with him and we thank him for what he has done here. We wish him all the luck in the future. He asked to leave because this is World Cup year and here he wasn't always going to play. We didn't want to loan him out and only when a big offer arrived did we accept his transfer.

I would do what I've done at Parma these last 2 1/2 years. It means a specific technical role. Relations with players, coaches and physical trainers,

There are too many black players. Italy has no dignity, no pride.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can't build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack.

I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first.

Great clubs have had one thing in common throughout history, regardless of era and tactics. They owned the pitch and they owned the ball. That means when you have the ball, you dictate play and when you are defending, you control the space

I'm not leaving because we're in a bad situation. I'm leaving even sadder. It's not easy to leave the most prestigious club in the world.