"Davor has a left leg and a nose in the box."

"Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them."

"If you buy a man who is half-dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems."

"It’s a reward not only for an exceptional football player but when you win it for three years it means you have dedicated your life to football. Many times people get in the newspapers for the wrong headlines. In his case I feel that this is a reward for a very clean life. He is a role model for every striker, like Dennis Bergkamp before him. Unfortunately you get more of the headlines when you go out at 3 o'clock in the morning and you are drunk."

"There are three parties interested in a transfer - the player and the two clubs. Arsenal came out saying 'we do not want to sell Hleb'. Hleb came out saying he does not want to go and Hamburg came out saying they are not interested in Hleb. What else can I say? End of story."

"We could have scored more."

"I don’t play for second and I don’t give up. I am not worried because I think we will come back. The team has a great spirit and needs support. There is quality here. What will count is where we are at the end of the season."

"I have heard it said repeatedly that we don’t have a plan B, or we are unable to alter our style, but to be honest I think that is ridiculous. The people in the media are paid to talk, fair enough, but they are not paid to work for me, so their opinion is just their opinion. People are quick to bury you but in the end the quality of the football will always talk loudest. Let people talk if that’s their job, but at Arsenal we are people who live from actions rather than words."

"I remember I took away the chocolate bars [on the way home] and the players were singing ‘we want our chocolate back’".

"It is a lot of money and will improve the natural potential of the club by 50 per cent when it is paid back. That puts us up to the level of Manchester United."