"He expects us to go and see him and offer him the olive branch? He can stick it up his arse."

- Former Nottingham Forest manager Dave Bassett on stay-away striker Pierre van Hooijdonk.

"We will accept Deutschmarks, francs, lira, pesetas, guilders or Scottish pounds. Any currency will do, just to get the bloke off our hands."

- Bassett invites bids for the same player.

"If you eat caviar every day it is difficult to come back to sausages."

- Arsene Wenger hits back at jeering Arsenal fans unhappy with the team's early season form.

"They think I have retired in France. At the airport the other day, a Frenchman said: `Ah, Daveed, how is retirement?' I said: `What?' He said: `You stopping football'. It's just amazing."

- David Ginola discovers the level of interest in the English game amongst his fellow countrymen in France.

"He said that I was a poof. I said if there is one thing that I'm not, it's a poof. He said: `Okay then, show me"'.

- Leeds's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink reflecting fondly on the motivational skills used by George Graham during his time at Elland Road.