Reaction to the Champions League draw on Thursday in Monaco including officials from Manchester City, Chelsea and AC Milan.
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Neil Bath, Chelsea Youth Development Officer:“That’s the absolute message. (Juan) Mata has been our player of the year for the last two years. He is absolutely a key player in the club and Juan is not going anywhere.”
Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City Sporting Director:“The (transfer) market finishes on September 2nd at 11 o’clock – until that then football is always giving you some options. But we are very, very, happy with the squad as it is now. But we can improve…Reporter: Is that a defender maybe?“Maybe. We are having some injuries and maybe we will try to improve this area.”
Umberto Gandini, AC Milan Vice-Chairman:“There are a few teams who are very, very good. Barcelona are one of them. I like to think that Milan is one of the contenders. When you are playing group stages you have to think and consider the circumstances when you play. You can have a suspended player, a couple of injuries. You can have different factors that can change you. Football is very very different when you play knockout so I am happy to have Barcelona in the group.”
