Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
ALAN PARDEWUntil that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.
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I would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that’s for sure.
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I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now.
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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.
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These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.
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It’s important that top clubs don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the English Premier League and English players should be involved.
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I don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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I have to be involved in negotiations because players have to buy into me and what I want from them if they join my club, so all managers need to be fully involved in transfers, that’s for sure.
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I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros to pounds to dollars. It is a difficult process, but one we have to work with.
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You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
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You are bound to want a player at some stage who is represented by this guy and you will have to try to work around the personality of the agent.
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