Jovicevic (Shakhtar coach): “Nobody has done what Modric did. Neither Iniesta nor Xavi.”

Kaka: "Rodrygo is great, it is clear that he is going to Qatar in Brazil, I went to the World Cup when I was 20 years old, I never left Brazil as a star of Real Madrid. " This experience will make him help grow.

Milan would be without Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Mike Maignan, Theo Hernandez, and Florenzi against Chelsea. Origi and Messias are rated 50-50, while Tatarusanu, Vranckx, Thiaw, Adli, Bakayoko and Ibrahimovic aren't listed for UCL.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on AC Milan clash: "Maybe we will get our first three points at home. I think this is really important – if we want to qualify we have to win the game

Simeone Inzaghi (Inter coach): "If you look at the stats, Barça lost undeservedly to Bayern Munich."

Kevin De Bruyne on @PhilFoden: “What is he not good at? He can play a lot of different positions. I think eventually he’ll end up centrally but at this moment it’s maybe a bit better for him on the wing to have more freedom and fewer instructions so he flows into the game…”

Kevin De Bruyne: “If you have a couple of players with one years left on their contract and they choose a different challenge, it's maybe best to get some money for them even if the players were so important for us…”

Lukáš Hejda (Plzeň defender): "I wouldn't say we are afraid of them, but all the teams in our group are extra class. It's hard to defend against them and we have to try to do our best tomorrow"

Kevin De Bruyne on Manuel Akanji: "He's been absolutely unreal. He came in, didn't train much and played absolutely great. It feels like he's been playing with us for a while. To have five centre-backs of the quality that we have, we are lucky."

Xavi: “Messi’s return? Let’s leave Leo alone, I love him so much and he’s my friend but we don’t do him any good when we talk about him, this is not the time to talk about it, let him have fun now in PSG.”

Ukraine is set to be part of Spain and Portugal’s joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

Merson: "Now they don't - so teams get through that press, if there is one, then they're into a midfield three which isn't the best in the country, and then you're running at the back four"