Marcel Desailly Quotes

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Marcel Desailly

Profession : Footballer

Birth : September 7, 1968

Italians are hot and you feel the passion more there than in England. Anglo-Saxon people are more distant. It's not that you are less friendly, just more reserved and distant.

Marcel Desailly

If I don't have that feeling to train and suffer any more then it will be time to stop.

Marcel Desailly

As for money, in football there is money because we are dealing with talent. You cannot quantify - it will never stop, it will always go higher and higher.

Marcel Desailly

If you leave Juventus - I know Serie A is not the best league but it is a prestigious club - you need to go to Real Madrid.

Marcel Desailly

If Ronaldo is on fire, nobody can stop him.

Marcel Desailly

Del Piero, I didn't ever really want to play against him. Inzaghi was also this kind of player who doesn't give you a point of reference.

Marcel Desailly

I would have loved to have played against Zlatan.

Marcel Desailly

The problem with certain Englishmen is drinking to excess, the systematic search for drunkenness.

Marcel Desailly

I was one of the first black players in Italian football. But I didn't suffer any racism.

Marcel Desailly

My World Cup in 1998 was unique, it was something for all eternity.

Marcel Desailly

As a player, Di Matteo helped build the foundations of a winning mentality that Chelsea was in need of at the time. He was also a successful coach. The fans felt something special towards him.

Marcel Desailly

The way to win is to win together.

Marcel Desailly

Why does everyone always think a player must completely re-evaluate the state of his career just because he has not played in the first team for a while?

Marcel Desailly

Obviously, competitive matches are useful for a player, but it's not the be all and end all.

Marcel Desailly

I'm always disappointed when someone loses his job.

Marcel Desailly

Stability for a club is very important, especially for Chelsea.

Marcel Desailly

When you look at the French championship you ask yourself which team could make you want to return happily to France. For me there's only one and that's Marseilles.

Marcel Desailly

I never really had the choice of choosing France or Ghana. I would have liked to play for Ghana though, just once.

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Bayern Munich is a real institution.

Marcel Desailly

You win all the time with Capello if you have a positive attitude.

Marcel Desailly