Quotes About FA

In England you probably have too many cups with the Champions League as it is now. You have the FA Cup and another cup; what's the point in that? Probably one cup should be more than enough.

To an extent I agree that the FA hasn't done that much to tackle the problem of racism, but it's hard to police racism for the FA. How do they police it? Unless someone makes people aware of what has happened within a stadium, the FA would never know that it is happening.

I am not only privileged to work for the FA and England: I have enjoyed working for the FA and England.

The problem for me is we are denying British coaches positions in all divisions now, particularly in the top division and the Championship. We need to do something about that. As a country, as the FA, as the Premier League, we need to protect the position of our own highly qualified coaches who are not even getting an interview now.

At the German FA, they don't like criticism.

I think the FA wished I was white. I had the credibility, performance-wise, to be captain. I was consistently in the heart of the defence and I was a club captain early on my career.

The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.

The Egyptian FA have tried to persuade me to play for them, but all I'm dreaming about is the blue jersey.

The FA finds itself in a situation where there is a glaring lack of English coaches, along with a generation of players with huge experience who will simply go missing.

From the FA to UEFA and FIFA, there's a naivety, a lack of knowledge and understanding and packed with people who are out of touch.

Racism can be stopped in football stadiums but it all depends on what the FA and UEFA want to do about it.

The FA have to be careful in telling you what you can and cannot say. If they are telling you that you cannot tell the truth, then they are on sticky ground.

Nobody at the FA has ever explained why I was overlooked and not even asked for an interview.

I have enough problems trying to manage a team, without managing the FA.