"We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail."

“That’s the problem these days, whatever bullshit you say nobody will forget it.”

“Mkhitaryan fits us like an arse on a bucket. What he offers is exactly what we need.”

“Sending players off on international duty feels like seeing daughter off on first date, even if it is a good guy, you are slightly concerned”

“Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack I don’t think there is another team in the world attacking in this way with so many players capable of launching moves in an instant. When Klopp speaks about his football being heavy metal, I understand completely. It is so aggressive. For the fans it is really good.”

“How do you explain to a blind person what colour is?”

“It is not my sport. I don’t like winning with 80% . Sorry that is not enough for me. Fighting football, not serenity football, that is what I like. What we call in German ‘English’ — rainy day, heavy pitch, 5-5, everybody is dirty in the face and goes home and cannot play for weeks after.”