Alfredo-di-stefano Quote by Florentino Pérez

“Alfredo Di Stefano is Real Madrid. His alliance with this club changed the destiny of this institution. Alfredo was the best in every sense…

— Florentino Pérez

RIP Sir Alfredo Di Stefano. I will never forget each of the shared moments with such a football legend.

— Sergio Ramos

“Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.”

— Alex Ferguson

“Alfredo di Stéfano is maybe the greatest player I have ever seen. I watched him in a match when Manchester United played against Real…

— Bobby Charlton

“He represents the values and feelings of Barcelona. Attacking football, respect for team-mates, respect for the fans. And now he was going to be…

— Guillem Balague

“However, football has a life of its own and it seems to outlive us all, even the most influential and historic figures and powerful…

— Brian Belton

“You were my hero when I was fourteen or fifteen because you represented a totally new philosophy of football. You will always embody the…

— Sepp Blatter

“He was simply the most intelligent football player I ever saw. If I had one player to choose, out of all of them, to…

— Bobby Charlton

“He continually learnt from everything he saw around him, from other teams, from coaches, from older team-mates. On one occasion, he asked a couple…

— Guillem Balague

As a player, Di Matteo helped build the foundations of a winning mentality that Chelsea was in need of at the time. He was…

— Marcel Desailly

I knew Manuel Pellegrini from my time in Spain. I'd only heard good things about him, that he was someone who instilled the confidence…

— Sergio Aguero

What can you say about Carlo Ancelotti? I talk to him regularly and he made history for Milan.

— Filippo Inzaghi