Alan Hansen Quotes

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of `pretty football`, that`s got to go.

When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that`s a fantasy.

I don`t expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

It`s incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!

I`ve watched the current squad three or four times and I think that survival will be the first aim, but Keegan has got this way about him.

I don`t think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.

If you come up and are struggling after three months you need the money to be able to buy somebody who can give you a bit of impetus.

The problem England have got is that if they don`t win the group they will play the French and if they play them, they will be beaten.

In `82 Brazil showed that you can`t win the World Cup without a solid defense.

Even though they won`t finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.

These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

I played against the Brazilians in `82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.

He`s sharp, he can score and he doesn`t worry about missing.

I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn`t ambitious.

The media want the stories and the television companies want the stories and the papers want the story and means that it is everyday.

What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.

Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.