David Gill Quotations

We did have concerns and we now have in place the business plan which was in place when they took over.

We hope to make one or two very big signings this summer - and we are already committed to that.

Sgt. Vick was an honorable man, but heroes are people and people make mistakes. Sgt. Vick had a lapse of judgment to allow himself to get to a .20 blood alcohol level.

Sgt. Vick pursues her, not for prostitution. He knows full well she is not a prostitute.

Sir Alex and Carlos made their views known and I can only reiterate what they said. Ruud has a two-year contract with Manchester United and remains very much part of our long-term planning. I saw what came out of Italy yesterday but as far as I am concerned, it is just mischief making.

If it should creep towards 60 percent that would become a major concern.

We've given them a date and it would be nice if it could happen. Everyone at the club, particularly the supporters, would like to pay tribute to Roy after everything he's done for us.

Kieran Richardson played for England last summer in Chicago and did very well but views himself as an England player and comes in and wants more money. I don't buy the argument that international appearances add value to a player - they come in and ask for more money. We are not a selling club and we seldom sell international players.

I would think if he gets convicted of something there may be some changes. We still go by innocent until proven guilty.

Our plans were to bid for the player (Rooney) in summer 2005, but Newcastle United's bid and Everton's subsequent interest in selling him, forced us to accelarate our plans or risk losing him,

Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player.

We have our budget set for the summer and that won't change.

We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made.

We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets.

We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period.

We have a very strong balance sheet. We are very comfortable we are generating cash. We can compete successfully in the transfer market.

We don't have major limits in the transfer market.

We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha.

We want to keep Ole at the club. We are going to sort that out. He has been a great player for us and a fantastic individual.

We knew that his retirement would come one day and we both have been planning for it by ensuring the quality of the squad

The rolling contract was designed to specifically take away some of that retirement talk and retirement issue.

Arsenal are a great team. But we lifted the trophy eight times in 11 years.

Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

The stadium expansion is currently at the feasibility stage and has to go through that.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned. We can all learn lessons.

All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.

Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached.

Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in having a dream as long as you are realistic with it.

The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The manager assesses whose coming through the academy system. His job is to look at what is happening in European and world football.

What this anger hides is grief ... the reality that his wife didn't value their marriage as much as he did. He realizes it was a mistake.

Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United,

We, as clubs, were not happy, by and large, with that reduction when it was made three years ago and we would like it to return back to that level. The proposal is not to go to UEFA and say 'go from 13 to 17,' but 'this is how we can do it.' We may be right or we may be wrong, but let's have a dialogue about it.

Yes, there is some dissent and clearly we understand the feelings but we feel it is a minority,

What the clubs would like to do is look at the actual format of the Champions League run by UEFA.

We chased it but if you are after a winger you look at maybe three but you only need one. So if you don't get number one you move onto number two.

We certainly believe he will be staying with the club next year. He signed a new long-term contract and there is two further years to go on that. He is part of our squad which we are looking to improve in the summer.

We are very confident that we will reach an agreement to extend Ryan's stay at Old Trafford.

You f***** us over big-time, Gill I cant believe you sold us out.

We are still the most profitable club in the world. We have nothing to hide. We are transparent and publish our figures when no other Premier League club does.

The transfer market has changed. In the whole of Europe last year there were only five transfers in excess of /10m if you exclude Chelsea.

The St. Paul Police Department was simply too close to this investigation to get it right. However, that's no excuse for getting it wrong.

I wanted it very white, so I created this white leather headboard and base, which in fact leads all around it. So when you light it up, it transports you, it lifts you up.

Are we going to make traffic better? Probably not. We are going to try to minimize the impact outside the midtown area, plus we're working on an existing street grid so there's lots of ways to get in and out.

As a Premier League club, we want a successful England team and the competitions they play in increase football's popularity around the world,

As a result we have now spent next summer's transfer budget unless players are disposed of to realise cash for re-investment.

Alex will remain in charge next season. Why would we change a winning team? These are exciting times for Manchester United. We have just announced a record-breaking sponsorship deal, we're in the process of increasing the stadium capacity to 76,000 and the team is making great strides on the field. The manager is a key part of that and his future is not up for discussion.

This is actually a very healthy situation. Some counties operate with just a one percent contingency.

A lot of them want to come and play for Manchester United. They want to play because Alex has a record of giving youth a chance and we have the history and heritage of Manchester United.

They're called signal lights. They are kind of provocative because they are always telling you something.

Football is the loser generally. We have lost and everyone has lost so let's move on, learn from it and hope it never happens again.

Does it take three, four hours to seduce a prostitute? This isn't a pickup. This is simply a night on the town.

The board had concerns before they took over, but they've demonstrated they will listen.

It's been with me for many years. I don't seem to want to part with it.

As a club, Manchester United are very supportive of the collective agreement.

The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy.

I'm happy we're state champs. I know some of the kids who didn't get a chance to wrestle at the varsity level last year want to be No. 1 in the state -- but being a state champ is just as good.

By and large, the team is in good shape but we have already completed two key acquisitions and there is one other place we are looking at, for which money will be made available as the Glazers have made clear.

The majority of fans, quite rightly, are only interested in the team being successful and challenging for honors.

The discussions with Alex and Carlos (Quieroz) as to where the team needs strengthening took place before the takeover,

The Manchester United shirt is the most iconic image in world sport and the chance for companies to appear on it is very rare. This deal re-establishes the club firmly among the most valuable names in world sport.