"My team-mates advised me to visit the city first. I went to have a look at Middlesbrough and decided I was better off in Parma."

- Parma full back Antonio Benarrivo hints that it's grim up north.

"If somebody scores two goals against, you've got to have a team that can score three. And I think we've got that."

- Kevin Keegan. Naturally.

"Reputation to me doesn't mean anything, I'm a man of the present and the future. The present is what is important, otherwise Roger Hunt or Ian Rush would get a game for us."

- Is there a problem between Gerard Houllier and Robbie Fowler, d'you think?

"The human animal is a funny animal. If you work him out, let me know."

- And when you work out Bobby Robson, drop us a line.

"You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same."

- Glenn 'Bobby Robson the Younger' Hoddle (left) (with thanks to Patrick).