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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 give everything to the club they've been brought up with.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

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

If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that's incredible.

Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player.