During the weekend, there were many intriguing matches in European football stadiums, and during this time, football players shared not one interesting thought with journalists. "Eurofootball.com" presents you a dozen of the most interesting quotes from last weekend.
“He will be 'Milan' goalkeeper for the next 20 years.”
Silvio Berlusconi is confident that the eighteen-year-old Gianluigi Donnarumma will spend his entire career in the 'Milan' team.
“I would have scored. You also have to show respect and not score against your former team.”
Thomas Vermaelen promises not to follow the example of other players who refuse to celebrate goals against their former teams.
“They told me they were both central defenders! I saw Zabaleta aging - we've been playing together for so long.”
Joe Hart shared his first memories of long-time teammates Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta.
“I always dreamed of playing for the 'Barcelona' team. Not 'Chelsea', not 'Manchester United', but the 'Barcelona' club.”
Arda Turan revealed why he rejected offers from 'Chelsea' and 'Manchester United' and joined 'Barça'.
“It was weird that we found out about it by watching TV.”
Arturo Vidal revealed that Pep Guardiola first told journalists about his intentions to leave the 'Bayern' team.
“With all due respect to other players, but Francesco Totti is like a God.”
John Arne Riise described the importance of the 'Roma' club legend to the team.
“We are second and we will fight until the end of the season.”
Madrid 'Atletico' defender Koke is not inclined to give up the fight for the 'La Liga' title even after a draw against 'Villarreal'.
“On Monday we have to win, and after the victory we would be in the next round and would have a chance to win the FA Cup.”
Louis van Gaal was not shy about talking about Monday's FA Cup tie.
“I am a Cristiano Ronaldo fan - he is a legend and unique. It would be really great if he played for the 'Barcelona' team.”
'Barcelona' star Neymar admitted his admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo's play and would like to see him play for the Brazilian team.
“I think I should be on this list because of my height and career achievements, not because I wasn't a good athlete, but because I achieved so much.”
Romario, for interesting reasons, did not include Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi in his all-time top five players list, but ranked himself second, rating only Pele better. Also in his top five are another Brazilian - Ronaldo, Argentine Diego Maradona, and the only European representative - Zinedine Zidane.
“I looked at the contract papers and saw a £50,000 weekly salary, so I sent the contract to my agent, who said, 'Yes, that's a printing error - sign it.'”
Jimmy Bullard revealed that 'Hull City' presented him with a contract in which a serious mistake was made and they had written a weekly salary of 15 thousand pounds more than agreed in negotiations. Over two years, due to this printing error, the footballer earned 1.5 million pounds more than he should have.
