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We have sensible fans and sensible policies.
David Gill / Executive
Sensible
Policies
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We don't have major limits in the transfer market.
David Gill / Executive
Limits
Transfer
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Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United.
David Gill / Executive
Jobs
Alex
Apples
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There are a lot of lessons to be learned. We can all learn lessons.
David Gill / Executive
Learning Lessons
Lessons
Lessons To Be Learned
Learned
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Arsenal are a great team. But we lifted the trophy eight times in 11 years.
David Gill / Executive
Arsenal
Eight
Great Team
Team
Teamwork
Years
Lifted
Trophy
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The stadium expansion is currently at the feasibility stage and has to go through that.
David Gill / Executive
Expansion
Feasibility
Stage
Currently
Stadium
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Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.
David Gill / Executive
Mercenary
People
Player
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The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy.
David Gill / Executive
Club
Cup
Trophy
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We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets.
David Gill / Executive
Assets
Sell
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The rolling contract was designed to specifically take away some of that retirement talk and retirement issue.
David Gill / Executive
Issues
Retirement
Rolling
Contract
Designed
Issue
Specifically
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We knew that his retirement would come one day and we both have been planning for it by ensuring the quality of the squad.
David Gill / Executive
One Day
Retirement
Squad
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What this anger hides is grief ... the reality that his wife didn't value their marriage as much as he did. He realizes it was a mistake.
David Gill / Executive
Grief
Mistake
Reality
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Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.
David Gill / Executive
Lifting
Looks
Next
Next Year
Years
Prefer
Course
Forward
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All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.
David Gill / Executive
Assets
Chelsea
Criteria
Different
Manchester
Manchester United
May
Perspective
Assess
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Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in having a dream as long as you are realistic with it.
David Gill / Executive
Dream
Long
People
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We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha.
David Gill / Executive
Buying
Louis
Bought
Defender
Discussed
Priority
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Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached.
David Gill / Executive
Drug
People
Situation
Verdict
Anonymously
Emotive
Reached
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A lot of them want to come and play for Manchester United. They want to play because Alex has a record of giving youth a chance and we have the history and heritage of Manchester United.
David Gill / Executive
Heritage
Manchester
Manchester United
Youth
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We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made.
David Gill / Executive
Manchester
Manchester United
Mistake
Rio
Genuinely
Ferdinand
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The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The manager assesses whose coming through the academy system. His job is to look at what is happening in European and world football.
David Gill / Executive
Jobs
Academy
Congratulations
Football
Years
Assess
Board
Coming
Happening
Manager
Sit
System
Whose
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We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period.
David Gill / Executive
Eight
Genuine
Mistake
Precedent
Punishment
Regret
Unlikely
Dictated
Period
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Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player.
David Gill / Executive
Achieve
Target
Assess
Believes
Board
Discuss
Manager
Move On
Namely
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