Portal Eurofootball.com presents the most interesting, loud, bizarre, and funniest quotes from the football world from last week.
"When I was coaching Napoli, Juventus was clearly the strongest team in Italy, but we won two trophies because I managed to get everything out of the players I had."
Rafael Benitez will never forget humility.
"Let's agree on one thing, that we will just let Mario [Gotze] play football."
Matthias Sammer reminded that allowing Mario to play football is not one of the things Bayern does very often.
"Mario Balotelli understands perfectly the situation he is in now."
Is Brendan Rodgers underestimating M. Balotelli's intellectual abilities? After all, this is a man who didn't realize that setting off fireworks in his bathroom is a bad idea.
"Today I want to kiss him, because when you score two goals and make an assist, you are usually considered a hero."
Louis van Gaal revealed a bit too much about his relationship with Memphis Depay.
"It would be nice if the relationship between Lazio and us (Roma - ed.) was better and more transfers happened between the clubs."
Rudi Garcia also suggested playing the song "Why can't we be friends?" before the Rome derbies.
"Is Memphis a real footballer, isn't he?"
BT Sport TV commentator Michael Owen never forgets the most fundamental things.
"He (Charlie Austin - ed.) couldn't keep Queens Park Rangers in the top division. If he had done it alone, then we could say the situation is different. Some of his goals were penalties!"
West Ham co-owner Dave Sullivan doesn't think football is a team game.
"Di Laurentiis doesn't bring me luck. A few years ago, he offered 5 million for (Angelo) Ogbonna, then I sold him for 15. Then he offered 10 million for (Matteo) Darmian, and now I got 20 for him!"
Torino president Urbano Cairo appreciates his colleague from Napoli Aurelio Di Laurentiis' unsuccessful negotiation skills. Learn from friendship, Lazio and Roma.
"Whistled offside? Great referee decision."
Brendan Rodgers lives in a parallel universe.
"Montpellier doesn't deserve to be in the top division. We only sold 6000 season tickets. Similar number of people gathered against Angers. 30,000 will gather against PSG, and then everything will return to the old ways."
The first sentence wouldn't be strange if it had been said by someone else, not Montpellier president Louis Nicollin.
"Really? He's only 17? What the ***!"
Mats Hummels was impressed by the young Odd country defender Rafik Zekhnini.
"The essential thing is not to be an idiot."
Antonio Cassano sets personal goals for the new season. Today we assess his chances as 50/50.
"At the same time, I love him and I hate him."
Tim Sherwood is able to accommodate conflicting thoughts about Jack Grealish in his mind.
"Our pitch is in bad condition. When Barcelona arrives here, they should understand that we didn't spoil the grass because of their visit!"
Conspiracies before the next week's match with Barca? Diego Simeone denies it.
"Berlusconi and I are two romantics."
Adriano Galliani talks about the charming sides of himself and Silvio Berlusconi.
"He (Pedro) was nearly as good today as Maradona."
Really, Jose?
"Liverpool can make their own decisions. (A couple of years ago - ed.) They refused to sell Luis Suarez to us, so I don't feel empathy for them regarding Raheem Sterling's situation."
Arsene Wenger still remembers the famous £40,000,001 drama that took place a couple of years ago.
"What are we trying to achieve this season? The moon."
Scudetto? Champions League? Europa League?! Simple goals don't interest Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero for the season.
"Were those Roberto Soriano's last games for Sampdoria? If it was the last day for someone, it was for those who died today."
...M. Ferrero doesn't shy away from colorful analogies.
