Club Quote by Eddie Howe

As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets…

— Sepp Blatter

I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money.

— John W. Henry

It's alright people saying they get £100,000-a-week, they get paid well or whatever, but they want to play football.

— Paul Merson

There is a lot going on with negotiations in the football business, and I appreciate some people think that it's a crazy, absurd amount…

— Alisson

I think, in every situation, it's important to find the right balance. If you have to spend money, try and spend that money in…

— Antonio Conte

The bottom line is if you want to own a football club you have to pay the price to have success.

— Simon Jordan

Money is killing football: people are making their decisions based on money.

— Emmanuel Adebayor

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with…

— Alan Shearer

Just because footballers earn a lot, it does not follow that they should be expected to divvy it up to everyone who asks for…

— David James

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on peoples face and not to be so focused on the question of money.…

— Gordon Taylor

The scary thing is that players have a one-upsmanship about money; they sign a contract and they like it until someone signs a bigger…

— Joe Greene

Of course money is important - to say it is not in football would be a lie. But to find a good player with…

— Michael Laudrup