* "Ronaldo has said he wants to play for the biggest club in the world, so we will see in January if he is serious. Real Madrid were estimating his value at $160million (£90m) but for a player like that, to actually get him, will cost a lot more; I would think $240million (£135m). But why not? We are going to be the biggest club in the world, bigger than both Real Madrid and Manchester United" - New Manchester City owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim certainly isn't backwards in coming forwards.
* "We don't just want Manchester City to be challenging for trophies in England, but also in the Champions League. We want them to be in for every trophy available" - ...But comments like this will have Sparky getting a touch nervous.
* "Our goal is very simple - to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League and to begin with, to finish in the top four this season...We don't have a lot of time. The money is not a worry for my board" - ...While this one will have his bottom twitching frantically.
* "I am not anti-English. Napoleon was anti-English. Not me" - Michel Platini.
* "I heard the Midlands accent is the hardest to understand, so Istruggled to hear what they said" - Rafa Benitez dismisses the abuse he wassubjected to at Villa Park.
* "I will never stay to live in England, that's for sure. You get only a brief glimpse of sunlight before it's all cloudy again. The winters are mild but in summer the temperatures seldom go higher than 20 degrees Celsius. And it rains, rains,rains! In England they say that Manchester is the city of rain. Its main attraction is considered to be a timetable at the railway station where trains leave for other, less rainy cities" - Nemanja Vidic warms up to a Russian magazine.
* "Russia and Serbia the people's way of life is similar. In England it's totally different. Here they just don't have time to feel the joy of life. Throughout the week they all work so hard. They only talk to people at lunch break. Then in the evening they come home and watch the telly so they can get up early for work the next day" - A little more from the ManYoo defender. He later claimed he had been misquoted and he had been speaking about "the difficulty I had settling in to life in Manchester, but that does not reflect how I feel now."
* "Real Madrid CF deeply regrets the behaviour of Chelsea FC Board Members who, despite knowing Real Madrid's negative to transfer the player, have continued to make gestures and announcements that reached their peak with the selling of Robinho Chelsea shirts through the club's official website. All this has complicated the situation further and confused the public" - The Spanish giants are introduced to Mister Kettle and Master Black.
* "There is nothing wrong with publicly confirming our interest in a player when the club involved is well aware of it, has been in receipt of two bids and is negotiating to sell the player. So we completely refute any criticism from Real Madrid" - Chelsea's unusually eloquent response.
* "Robinho had a problem with his frame of mind that was more important than we thought it was. I spoke with him several times. When he talked about his situation he cried and asked to leave Spain" - Ramon Calderon goes for the 'We didn't want to keep him anyway' approach.
* "Chelsea are lucky. This boy needs some serious counselling. In my view he has been badly advised" - Pele heads the queue to have a crack at Citeh's new boy.
* "This is one of the most disgraceful episodes in Brazilian football. He is a player who is an idol to children, an example. But he has not acted like one" - ...Closely followed by Marcelo Teixeira, president of Santos.
* "We are ashamed at having produced such a player" - ...And Santos general manager, Jose Fernandos.
* "Mike was offered a drink which he thought was non-alcoholic so he took it in good faith" - A Newcastle spokesman explains away club owner Mike Ashley downing a pint in thestands at Arsenal. The police saw differently and offered some 'advice' on alcohol consumption at football grounds.
* "There was pressure on us to achieve last season and I am delighted that for first time ever I have actually spent some money" - Martin O'Neill hails the £12m signing of James Milner, apparently forgetting that, among his other purchases at Villa, was the £9.65m Ashley Young.
* "You're supposed to be in jail" - The Arsenal support greets Joey Barton's return to action.
* "We know the guy [Barton], he wanted to make something for his first game back, but Samir did well and I'm proud of him" - Gael Clichy applauds new team-mate Nasri for giving Joey the kicking he evidently believes he deserves.
* "It was typical Craig. He goes onfor 20 minutes, gets booked and scores a goal" - Alan Curbishley reviews Bellamy's cameo against Blackburn.
* "We've kept you in a job" - Lucas Neill's reported response to Curbs' suggestion that he should be offering more by way of leadership.
* "I have already stated my opinion on the manner in which our players were approached and the nature of the negotiations surrounding Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov. Monday's events were further evidence of the need for the Premier League to review the system. I have also previously said that we had no need to sell players on long contracts - this no longer remains practical" - An angry Daniel Levy has his say on the summer.
* "The way that Ramos flew the coop and abandoned his team en route to London last year totally disrupted our season and now I'm pleased that Spurs are being paid back in kind over the Berbatov transfer. Their complaints are hypocrisy personified" - Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido has little sympathy.
* "You're just a fat Eddie Murphy" - The West Ham fans welcome Paul Ince back to Upton Park.
* "It's a hell of a place. They drive veryoddly. It's like dodgems" - Steve Bruce on the risks of travelling to Cairo inorder to sign Zaki for Wigan.