“Every top club in the land has got one (DoF). We haven’t – that’s the difference. The manager can’t do everything."
“I’m probably the only football manager to be a director of football."
“I don’t know any other ex-managers who have. I’ve been a manager for 35 years. I’ve been Manager of the Year. I’ve won every award there is in football as a player."
“I think all those qualities put me head and shoulders above every other director of football.”
“Some directors of football have never played the game,”
“I’m lending my experience as a manager for all those years - 10 years at Wimbledon, two years at Nottingham Forest, two years winning promotion at Luton and, of course, almost two years at Newcastle."
“I would still be there had it (a heart attack) not occurred.”