Sourced

• It meant a lot to me that Chelsea have wanted me for the last three years and that is the reason I chose them. It was important for me to come to a club with the same level of excellence. It is a great team and it is important to play for a great team.
  • http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,283-2299348,00.html

• We might have a quick word with each other but that is natural as we both speak Russian. Maybe I shouldn't speak Russian!
  • About his friend Roman Abramovich.http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny old game/6275535.stm

• If my goals and victories can help the world remember Chernobyl and bring a smile to the face of the people still suffering then I dedicate all my success to them.
  • On Chernobylhttp://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2005/02/22/curse of the observer interview.html

About Andriy Shevchenko

• Andriy is our locomotive. We don't have players of the calibre of Kaka, Cafu and Maldini to play alongside him, but he carries the team up.
  • Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin. on how important Shevchenko is to the team.http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2005/02/22/curse of the observer interview.html

• Shevchenko is the best attacker in Europe. He has a great deal of consistency and he just keeps scoring - which in Italian football is very difficult. He is a complete player, someone who can do everything on a football field
  • Carlo Ancelotti. coach at Milan, on how he regards Shevchenko as one of the best players in mordern footballhttp://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2005/02/22/curse of the observer interview.html