I'm sorry for Italian football; there's no desire to…

I hope that my team can show just how well we can play football and that we have the desire to win each individual…

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

I like English football, Spanish football, Italian football. I like all of them.

— Hulk

Italian football is great but for me, for the style of player I am, I found it too tactical, too slow.

— Djibril Cisse

Nobody should imagine that they could go to England and change the way that football is played there. Just as nobody should imagine that…

— Massimiliano Allegri

The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.

— Roberto Mancini

Italian football lost credibility because of the match-fixing scandals - the best footballers didn't want to come.

— Gianluca Vialli

Mario Balotelli is undoubtedly the greatest talent of Italian football.

— Giorgio Chiellini

Unfortunately, it is part of Italian football and our culture to come to the stadium and whistle players for the choices they make.

— Leonardo Bonucci

Italian football remains a very successful product, which has inspired people all over the world.

— Thiago Silva

Italian football has a lot of appeal, even though it must improve.

— Gianluca Vialli

I'm very grateful to Italian football for the opportunity it has given me.

— Mauro Icardi

“This is a unique scandal in Italian football history - with Juventus as the victims of an injustice.”

— John Foot

It is great to hear that Italian football now has many supporters in Asia.

— Giorgio Chiellini

Italian football in the eighties and nineties was the most beautiful league in the world. The hardest, most beautiful of all.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I enjoy the honesty of English football, because nobody gives up, and almost all the best players are here. Italian football is at the…

— Andrey Arshavin