Quotes About ISL

What the ISL has done is create the hype and buzz around football that it very badly needs.

Legacy is an issue, in my opinion. People in the ISL seemed very much more worried about winning, than in creating a legacy.

To win ISL would be great. We came to India with the desire to make good things, and we hope our efforts will be rewarded.

Everybody respected my choice to join the ISL. I was the one to decide to come to India and then many other foreign players decided to do the same.

I think the difference with Japan was that they didn't bring in too many foreign players. In my opinion at the ISL it's not too good to have too many foreigners playing. The minimum of five Indian players is too less in my opinion. Since it's the ISL, we have to encourage more Indian football.

The ISL brought together many football cultures such as Italians, Dutch, French, English and Spanish. There were no Brazilians! I brought something from Brazil, a team of professionals that changed something.