World Cup Quotes

By Ahmed Bilal on June 13th, 2006

BBC Sport just put a page containing World Cup quotes from the last week – highlights include:

“Wrighty, are you a fan of S&M?”

World Cup presenter Gary Lineker asks panellist Ian Wright for his views on Serbia & Montenegro.

“The last say in this story is Rooney’s and mine. I’m doing this in the best interests of Rooney, the England team and 40m England fans.”

Sven gets tough with Manchester United.

“The fact that Arsene Wenger took everybody to the Champions League final apart from Walcott says a lot. He even took the tea-lady.”

Former Tottenham and Argentina star Ossie Ardiles is baffled by Sven-Goran Eriksson’s selection of teenager Theo Walcott.

“Before the Paraguay game we’ll all shake hands. At Madrid we all kiss each other before we go out. Against Jamaica, Aaron Lennon was waiting to replace me and as I approached I reached forward to kiss him, but then thought ‘no, better not’.”

David Beckham on the difference between English and Spanish customs.

You can read them all here.

Topics: World Cup