I hope common sense will prevail.

I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in the coming days,

Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.

Agents are getting their hands on serious amounts of money - more than ?30 million (US$36.6 million) alone on the French market - which is unjustifiable compared to the work carried out, and dubious as to where that money is heading.

Marseille's decision (to send the B team to Paris) is astounding and impossible to understand. Every possible measure has been taken to guarantee safety.

We would like to come up with a detailed set-up we could test as soon as next season. The only improvement introduced in football over the last 20 years is that the ball can't be passed with the foot to the goalkeeper any more.