“Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.”

“We have got a problem winning games in the league. We have to educate ourselves and maybe we have to not play the lovely football that we have been.”