Mike Phelan

Coach

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There's no shortage of investment into Manchester United.

I've grown up having faith in youth because without that there is no future in football.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

Any manager of any big institution, which is what Manchester United is, internationally, you have a role and a responsibility to give out the correct messages.

We've never set out to demean the Carling Cup.

It's hard for an up and coming player who has the eyes of Manchester United on them to take that opportunity and then sort of not given the opportunity to break through because of the quality already there.

We have to be more courageous and braver and sometimes take a knock. You can't just be a pretty boy, you have to get your body or something on it. When it is a one-on-one situation you have to carry out that duty.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

I'm quite open and proud enough to listen to anything really. Be it home, abroad, Premier League, Championships or below that. It's not a worry. I've been in the game long enough so I know how to pitch myself in comfortably anywhere.

I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it's up to me to bring that here to Hull.

A club like Arsenal is a fabulous club, it is a well-run club.

When you get to the semi-final of a cup you want to get to the final.

I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.

You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage.

Taking on a temporary coaching role at Manchester United is extremely exciting.

Strikers can't score every week, much as they would like to.

At times you are going to miss people. When that happens, others have to come to the front and show the calibre that brought them to the club in the first place.

Berbatov is a great talent, there is no question about that, and as coaches and managers we demand more from great talents.

There is fierce competition within the city. If United are at loggerheads within the club, it just helps fuel City's cause more than anything else.

The target is to win football matches.

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