Commenting on the effect the signing of Park-Ji Sung had for Man United, at the SoccerEx conference in Manchester, he said:
“You see what Park Ji-sung does for Manchester United.”
“The real power Liverpool could do for us, and for the Premier League, is if there was a way they could nurture foreign players from Asia.”
“The markets in Asia and the Middle East are so nationalistic, they are very proud about their countries. One appearance from a player, say from Dubai in the Premier League, and you’d have the whole of Dubai watching it.”
He went on to praise Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, adding that he would like to see him remain as boss permanently:
“I’d like to see Kenny as the long term manager – I’m sure the club would. The Kenny magic is all around the world, everybody believes Kenny can take the club [forward] and that means they stay focused and that means they stay in the newspapers around the world… we are looking for brand awareness.”
