Every word from Ole’s pre-West Ham press conference

Just talking about Europe, we’ve obviously come to the end of this first round of games, a lot of good games, a couple of close games, a lot of goals. I just wondered what you thought of this new format that is now meant to be coming in, in a couple of years’ time? 10 games, this Swiss formula, working out who you play. I just wondered what you thought about this whole proposal to change the format in a couple of years?
“It’s quite complicated, so I haven’t really got to grips with every single little detail but every time there is a change, there is a little bit of a resistance. I remember there was resistance for [the] Champions League. ‘[People were asking] why do we need a Champions League?’ The Champions League now looks like a fantastic tournament to be in, same again, it might be a change for the better, who knows? I can’t give you an opinion on how it’s going to look. I’m sure the powers that are looking at it have a good reason for it and maybe, and hopefully, it will be a better competition.”