All the best football quotes from 2014, including absolute gems from Arsenal and Chelsea bosses Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho…
2014 has been an excellent year for football, full of excitement and controversy. And as usual there have been a huge number excellent quotes.
From Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho’s spat, to Luis Suarez’s incredible excuse for biting… again.
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Here are some of the best quotes from 2014 courtesy of the Evening Standard:
Jose Mourinho on Arsene Wenger
“Am I afraid of failure? He is a specialist in failure. I’m not. So if one supposes he’s right and I’m afraid of failure, it’s because I don’t fail many times. So Maybe he’s right. I’m not used to failing. But the reality is he’s a specialist because, eight years without a piece of silverware, that’s failure.”
Robin van Persie following 5-1 win over Spain at the World Cup
“It was a crazy game. We could have scored five. Oh right, we did score five.”
Luis Suarez after biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup
“I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.”
Mario Balotelli demands a kiss from the Queen
“If we beat Costa Rica I want a kiss, obviously on the cheek, from the UK Queen.”
Jose Mourinho referring to his own side as a little horse
“The title race is between two horses and a little horse that needs milk and needs to learn how to jump. Maybe next season we can race.”
Iran’s coach following loss to Argentina at the World Cup
“Messi could be the best player in the world – if he was human.”
Fifa president Sepp Blatter with incredible plans for the future
“We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions.”
England boss Roy Hodgson starting a media storm after dropping Raheem Sterling
“Raheem had done the warm-up and he came to me and said, ‘I really am feeling a little bit tired, I don’t feel like I am in my best form at the moment because I am feeling a bit tired’.”
Arjen Robben reveals the secret to Louis van Gaal’s World Cup success
“Maybe Louis does have a golden willy.”
Louis van Gaal blowing his own trumpet despite defeat in the World Cup
“I taught Romero how to save penalties, so yes – it hurts.”
Steven Gerrard after beating Manchester City and edging closer to the Premier League title
“We go again. We do not let this slip.”
– He slipped two weeks later against Chelsea to hand the title to Man City.
Brazil star Fred after scoring against Cameroon in the World Cup
“As amazing as it sounds, the ball hit my moustache, It was a moustache goal”
Jose Mourinho mocks his own player Samuel Eto’o
“The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Eto’o but he is 32 years old, maybe 35, who knows?”
Brendan Rodgers talking to the media 21 days before Mario Balotelli was signed
“I can categorically tell you Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.”