FilGoal.com presents the best quotes of 2007 on both local and international scenes. Egypt "I came to Middlesbrough because I like shopping," Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' reveals the significant reason behind his decision to join Boro. "All I can say is that Prison is for real men," the first words of former Zamalek president Mortada Mansour after he was released from jail. "We will not win the league, we will not win anything with this team, please let me go….I will not attend training again and if Zamalek don't let me go I will quit football!" its a miracle Zamalek kept Amr Zaki after these outrageous comments. "Amr Zaki reminds me of Wayne Rooney, I think he has got the same qualities," maybe that's why Zamalek chairman Mamdouh Abbas decided to keep Zaki! "I am desperate to join Ahli, actually I've been in contact with a club official recently and I hope I could learn my fate soon or else I may quit the game," unfortunately for Ibrahim Saied, this one didn't work with Ahli! "I am astonished, this request is disrespectful to Strasbourg," Strasbourg chairman Philippe Ginestet was astonished at Ismaili chairman Yehia Al-Koumi's bizarre request to pay the due 500,000 Euros to acquire Hosni Abd-Rabou on yearly installments! "The more money you pay the coach, the more games you play," Ittihad's Hesham Hanafi revealed a new technique for former coaching staff. "We won 10 titles out of 10. My success is a good reason for our enemies to show their envy," It's no surprise that Ahli coach Manuel 'Jose' is Portuguese.
Mourinho "The second-choice role cost me a place in the Egyptian national team," Ismaili deputy goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi, who has ZERO caps for Egypt. "Honestly, I admit that sometimes I become selfish, I just cant control it when I see the net in front of me!" that's why Alaa Ibrahim is the league's top scorer…maybe his teammates could hide the net in order to get a pass out of him! International "I don't have a problem with anyone, my problem is my head and I'm changing that a little bit. I need to improve mentally, otherwise I'm a disaster." Temperamental Sampdoria forward Antonio Cassano two days before he suddenly headed to the dressing room in rage during a Serie A game with Fiorentina in October. "I feel OK. The only difference is in training you have the press - and they want to come back home and sleep with you." Thierry Henry explains the new lifestyle in Barcelona. "If you want to win, you have to pay up to £100,000 a week to a player who can hardly read or write and he earns four or five million pounds. It's crazy," Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed. "At the end of the day, he scored three goals. Other than that, I kept him pretty quiet," Reading defender Michael Duberry explains how he managed to mark Fernando Torres during the 4-2 defeat. "When I told my wife that we might move elsewhere she said I could go alone – she likes it here in Madrid," former Real Madrid winger Cicinho must have moved to Roma without his wife. "I'm worried about having more chances on goal. I don't blame my defenders for anything. I think we have more problems in attack." Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster was probably speaking about another game after his side scored three and conceded five in the 5-3 defeat to Sevilla! "My mum sometimes says to me 'why do you never score a hat-trick?!'' Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored seven doubles this year, reveals his mother's boredom with his two-goal habit! "When we were 6-0 up, one of their players said 'don't do any more dribbles', almost begging," If only Cristiano Ronaldo could tell who was that Roma player.
