Ed Woodward

Some players are bought by other clubs with an eye to them developing into something special in a few years' time. Whereas…

— Ed Woodward

The scouts are watching matches and we have a huge amount of data we purchase and a pyramid approach in terms of…

— Ed Woodward

I don't get involved in recruitment like people think I do. There's a myth that I look at YouTube and choose players.…

— Ed Woodward

Where I get involved is that I have to sign off the money, yet when you have target one, two or three…

— Ed Woodward

I want to take a long-term view. Being distracted by short term things can be dangerous when you are making cold, calm,…

— Ed Woodward

We are financially strong. We are self-sustaining. We don't have an umbilical cord that we are concerned about.

— Ed Woodward

We're always able to look at a position and have our view in terms of the list of targets that would suit…

— Ed Woodward

Giving youth a chance is part of our philosophy, part of our DNA.

— Ed Woodward

We want players to come in who respect their teammates, the club, the history.

— Ed Woodward

There should be both a humbleness and an arrogance. Humble when you are on the team coach and you wear the club…

— Ed Woodward

We as a club should be aspiring to have the best players playing for us. We've had that in the past. We're…

— Ed Woodward

When a scout recommends a brilliant right back or a coach recommends one from our academy, we want the manager to weigh…

— Ed Woodward

I understand the scrutiny; it's part of the job. And I don't want to be famous and can't be mates with the…

— Ed Woodward

The idea is to recruit in a closed environment, rather than listening to the press or getting distracted by conflicting agents' claims.…

— Ed Woodward

The decisions related to recruitment are all taken by football experts. My involvement is signing off the money.

— Ed Woodward

We have to do everything that we possibly can to get back to winning the Premier League. We are not successful until…

— Ed Woodward