"This is cheating fans"
Paul Merson summed up Arsenal's activity during last summer's transfer window in four words.
"I never refused to play for my country. To be honest, if I had refused, my dad would have killed me."
Jonjo Shelvey was raised uncompromisingly.
"When I talked with my dad after the match (against San Marino - ed. note), he was happy, but at the same time, he still criticized my long passes. During the match, he was drinking at the bar, but afterwards when we talked, he was still sober. He can drink about 26 pints of beer and not feel it!"
Admit it, J. Shelvey's dad is truly impressive.
"It was very difficult to negotiate with Schalke - it's a mysterious and strange club. We didn't know who to talk to!"
Giuseppe Marotta described the football club as "strange and mysterious" in a non-traditional way.
"Actually, when we were on the plane, Rooney came up to me and asked who Anthony Martial was."
Morgan Schneiderlin shared about Wayne Rooney's football erudition. Someone was surprised?
"It's normal that Rooney doesn't know who I am."
...A. Martial wasn't surprised at all.
"Mario Balotelli can only help himself."
If Edgaras Davids is right, then M. Balotelli is in big trouble.
"If Salah is suspended in December for the incident with Fiorentina, I promise to make kebabs for everyone in Florence one day."
Mohammed Salah's lawyer Ramy Abbas is confident in his righteousness. Or maybe he really wants Florence to taste his kebabs.
"I'll think about it. Thanks for the suggestion (to resign from the national team coach's duties - ed. note)."
Liar Igor Pankratjevas. No thinking.
Now we must keep our heads up and defeat San Marino."
Deivydas Matulevicius urges his teammates not to lower their heads, but Lithuania should defeat San Marino even with lowered heads? Is that so??!
It's sad that I can't tell how the club treated me, but officially I can say that I will never play for Jeremy Peace's (West Brom owner - ed. note) team again."
We can confidently say that on the last day of the transfer window, Saido Berahino was quite angry.
What he does beyond the sidelines is his business. But if he puts on a neckerchief and grows a beard, Memphis Depay could easily join the Amish community in America and sit in a carriage."
Legendary Feyenoord footballer Willem van Hanegem was not impressed by M. Depay's style.
"I think this is the worst Liverpool team in many years. They are completely average. They were lucky to have already collected points this season."
Harry Redknapp is not very impressed with this year's Liverpool team.
"It was a bad game for Chicharito, but van Gaal's reaction to his missed penalty shows he's nothing. I hope people in England will realize that van Gaal is a bad person and treats his players just as bad."
Hugo Sanchez came to Chicharito's defense. He can already rejoice that on the last day of the transfer window, he slipped away from L. van Gaal.
"Van Gaal killed him (Angel Di Maria) in the Manchester United team. He needs freedom to express himself on the field."
Opportunities to criticize L. van Gaal were not missed by Edouard Cisse.
"Once when I played for Bologna, we were losing 0-2 against Torino after the first half. He (Sinisa Mihajlovic - ed. note) was so angry that he just broke the board in the locker room."
Marco Di Vaio hinted at what Milan can expect from their new coach.
"You should ask the players why the results are like this. I and my staff have done our job."
Croatian national team coach Robert Kovac doesn't feel the sense of collective responsibility.
"When we were training with Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen, he would kick our backsides even when we were running. It makes people mentally strong."
Gordon Strachan shared about Alex Ferguson's tough love.
