Absolute power Quote by Rafael Benitez

There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount of money…

— Roy Hodgson

In England, your manager is like a boss.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager.

— Graham Taylor

I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.

— Ronald Koeman

When you become England manager, the change in profile and interest in what you're doing is on another level.

— Gareth Southgate

I understand there is a lot of pressure on managers to get instant results, but English players know the league, and for them to…

— Ryan Mason

You do hear a lot about 'player power,' but I'm one of those who believes the manager is there to take control, to be…

— Gareth Barry

You can be a manager in Spain, France or Italy but when you come to England the intensity is totally different. It is about…

— Robert Pires

I think sometimes managers like to buy players because they're more experienced from abroad or when they've got players under their nose that will…

— Harry Kane

The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working…

— Alan Shearer

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

— Sparky Anderson

There's precious little incentive to try and make it in the world of management - and that's especially true in England.

— Jermaine Jenas