Nuno Espirito Santo

It's very hard to rank performances. It's very difficult, and it doesn't really matter if you rank performances.

We're trying to improve everyone. It doesn't matter if he cost £10 million, £15 million, £200 million. There is always space to do something better."

I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'

All I do is challenge the players to push themselves to their limit.

This is one of the challenges we have: knowing that playing without the ball is just as important as when you have the ball.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of the game.

I was late, as a player, many times. If you have bad traffic, what are you doing to do? Make a miracle? Sometimes it happens.

As a kid, Liverpool was big for us.

The barrier of communication is terrible if you don't speak the language. You cannot reach a player with a translator.

I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.

When you try to build an identity based on one idea, the easy part is to stick with the good things that you do.