Thierry is my priority. He is the new captain and he's the one who must lead this club into the new stadium. |
Thierry will make up his mind and when he is ready he will let me know. I don't know if winning the Champions League will be enough. |
Thierry's progress is remarkable but we are going from day to day, ... At the moment I do not want to fix any time but the signs are very positive. |
Thierry's progress is remarkable but we are going from day to day. At the moment I do not want to fix any time but the signs are very positive. |
Things went for us today, but we needed to be patient and to pass the ball well. |
This [Bolton] team was a lot more technical and played better football. Last season we lost the whole season in one day here. At the end of this season this could be seen as a good point. |
This is his garden here and he feels completely at ease. You know when he walks on the pitch here that he will score a goal. The quality of his goal was great, with the quality of the pass from Robert Pires and the timing of his finishing. |
This team is growing together. The quality has always been there and the maturity is coming. The physical side hasn't always been there in the Premiership. |
This team is slowly discovering its potential and is improving its belief and confidence. |
To be performing well is to defend well against a team like Real Madrid. |
To be performing well is to defend well against a team like Real Madrid. But the second part of the job begins when you win the ball back. You want to give them some problems and you want to score goals and not just be negative. |
Tonight was a demonstration that you can play a great 0-0. They went at it, and so did we. |
Tonight we played in a restricted way. We didn't play with freedom when we had the ball, but we were in control. |
Unfortunately for us, he has made a good decision. But he has played 14 years for Arsenal, so he could not turn down the opportunity to have two more years playing than he could have had here. |
Up to now, yes [that has been the policy] - but you can always have exceptions. |