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I've got a lot of affection for the people at River and I think it's mutual. The fans quickly understood that I came here hoping to play football.

That's where I spent the biggest chunk of my career, having been at Juventus for ten years. That was the best thing that happened to me because it was where I got to know real football, at an ambitious club with ambitious players.

European teams have always shied away from South American football. They struggle to get to grips with it. The South American game is more technical and about keeping possession, while European football is more dynamic, physical and direct.

I don't enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people's amusement. I enjoy it if I'm being paid a lot for it.

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

Football was much, much more than I hoped it would be. If I dreamed as a kid, I could never have foreseen such amazing things.

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

I don't like to criticise referees because I believe it is a very complicated job, and what they do is very beneficial for football.

Thanks to the football, every time I go out and play, it releases the tension, and you forget about the problems.

Football is a changeable game. From one day to another, everything could change.

You gain know-how from playing matches because every moment of a football match has its own rhythm.

I try to enjoy playing football and do my best for the team.

I'm confident I can be a success in English football.

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

With football, you can never predict what's going to happen.

Football is very simple for me.

Stuff happens in football. Sometimes it goes in your favour, sometimes it doesn't.

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.

The emotional compact between football clubs and their supporters is visceral and usually lifelong.

I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.

I am not really a football man but I have always supported Chelsea because we lived there. We have been through the lows.