THE WALLET SNAPS SHUT

"We're not looking for new players," he said. "We concentrated on what we
thought was our single number one target and that was Rio. There's a limit to
the squad size you can have. Top players want to play football, they don't
want to sit on benches and have rests."

"We've got a squad size which we're happy with. We've got Wes Brown and
we've got John O'Shea who you would expect to feature more prominently. If
you look at us we've probably got the best midfield of any team probably
across Europe."

"We brought in Diego last season, Ruud had a fantastic season, and Ole
keeps on doing what he does - so we're great in every department."

"This was all about bringing in a quality player in defence. We never sat down
and said we needed to bring in several players. This was about getting the
right one and in Rio we have the right one. That really was what the game
plan was from day one."