Best Manchester City Quotes

#1. Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

Alan Hansen

#2. It is with great regret that I have to inform Manchester City of my wish to leave the club.

Carlos Tevez

#3. I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.

Alex Ferguson

#4. Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modem times.

Benjamin Disraeli

#5. The fact that an Englishman has an Argentinian as an idol is very rare. I keep watching my [title-winning] goal against QPR and every time I get more emotional. My plan is to stay here because I'm convinced Manchester City will be at the same level as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Sergio Aguero

#6. For my last 15 years at United I had a rolling one-year contract and an agreement that if I was sacked I would be entitled to two years' salary, even if I turned up and started managing Manchester City the day after I was fired. That was more than enough for me.

Alex Ferguson

#7. In England, they say that Manchester is the city of rain. It's main attraction is considered to the timetable at the railway station, where trains leave for other, less rainy cities.

Nemanja Vidic

#8. There's only two teams in Manchester. City and City reserves!" How right he was!

Dante Friend

#9. After watching Watford against Manchester City last night
that was like a bubblebath. It was beautiful.

Eamon

#10. I know the city and the club, and I can tell you that when you play for Manchester United at Old Trafford, you no longer need to see the sunshine every day.

Patrice Evra

#11. Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident.

Lucy Powell

#12. When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.

Yaya Toure

#13. Stuart is good for Manchester City. It is not hard to see his passion for the game, and his commitment.
(on Stuart Pearce)

Robbie Fowler

#14. I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself.
(on being Manchester City manager)

Stuart Pearce

#15. Manchester City are defending like beavers

Chris Kamara

#16. We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester.

Dave Mason

#17. There have only been two world-class goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester City.

Lev Yashin

#18. Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion.

Emmeline Pankhurst

#19. You look at Man United and Liverpool, and they are red - they are much more successful and have a bigger fan base than Chelsea or Manchester City.

Vincent Tan

#20. Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're kind of a side show.
(on Manchester City)

Claudio Reyna

#21. I like the city late at night, the blasts of music and the splashes of light cast from bars that are still open, shoals of brightly-dressed clubber, the beeping taxis and the greasy, savoury smell of meat and onions from the burger vans.

Mhairi McFarlane

#22. Manchester City are built on sand and I don't mean that because their owners are from the Arab countries.

Kevin Keegan

#23. I will never forget how I have been treated here by the fans, the club and the owners, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to finish my career as a Manchester City player.

Yaya Toure

#24. I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees.

Gordon Strachan

#25. There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbor and have to live with it.

Alex Ferguson

#26. If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

Graeme Souness

#27. It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.

Jose Mourinho

#28. You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more!

Noel Gallagher

#29. Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

Mark Lawrenson

#30. I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.

Alan Hansen