"I am happy that Brazil have won the World Cup, it is a team constructed around three great individuals - Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo.
"And it has a coach who has given these three champions the possibility to take advantage of their talent rather than to thread them into a cage of tactics."
and his favourite current players:
"Francesco Totti is the best Italian player while Zinedine Zidane is the best in the world."
“In football, much money is turned over so it is right that the soccer players also earn well.
“Rather than make wage reductions, I see contracts that relate to your performance - if you win, it increases the salary, if you lose you earn less.
"Anyone who thinks that Italy stopping foreigners arriving, with their cultures, is natural, is deeply mistaken. And I am not talking just about football but I am speaking about everyday life."