Having the ball means creating chances and scoring goals.

Our objective is to win - always to win.

I remember that in 2017, when we won everything, we started the pre-season badly, with defeats.

I understand that you always want to improve.

Playing with France is the challenge of playing with one of the national teams with the greatest football histories.

I don't talk about referees. I never do, usually, and I want to carry on like that.

To win the league with Valencia in Spain after 31 years changed my life.

The difference between the Premier League and the other leagues is the intensity of the games.

To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything.

For me, it is a great challenge to be at the most important club in the world, and I will try to win everything that I can win.

I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that.

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.

If you are a referee, it's not easy because everyone wants to win, and so there will be cheating.

Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the signings of players.

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.

You cannot win every year.

When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.

I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.

To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.

I come from a Napoli team who scored 104 goals. Do you think I'm going to be hyper-defensive with Real Madrid? A team that creates chances and is great in possession is not defensive.

I have to concentrate on my job and try to do my best in the things that I know. Coaching the team and trying to have a winning mentality.

The most important thing is that my players work well. What people say on the outside is not important.