Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can't explain.

I'd like to be a few years at Sevilla, I hope to find a family in this team.

If it is possible I want to finish my career at Manchester United.

I talked with Manuel Pellegrini before he left Malaga. I knew of his intention to take me with him to Manchester City. But I was unsure whether he would stick with the same keepers he had already.

If you become their property it is much clearer for you, for the club, for everything. It was a great experience to play in three different teams, different leagues, different experiences, but if I wanted to improve I had to break this cycle and make my own way. That's why I signed this contract to come to Stoke.

It was amazing to have Mourinho call me, even though I'd been warned before how he would appeal to me. I listened to his arguments about why I should move to United. But at that time I was hesitant between staying at Leicester or leaving for Chelsea.

The main factor in joining Arsenal was meeting with Arsene Wenger and to hear what his plans were for me.

Sunderland, West Ham and Orlando City wanted me but Villa wouldn't sell me, saying I was too vital in the dressing room.

Juventus rejected an offer from Barcelona for me. It was a big offer, and that means I'm an important player for the club, and I have to thank them for that.

Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I'd just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?

When I saw there was interest from West Ham I wanted to become a part of what they are building here.

When I signed for Espanyol, all I was thinking about was that I needed continuity in the first division.

If you're happy being at a big club but playing reserve team football, I never really understand that.

People shouldn't underplay what the breaking up of a team does in every department.

When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.

Malaga were the club that bid the hardest for me, and they were the first, too. When Villarreal told me that they wanted to sell me, I chose them.

When I left the club, I said in an interview that my chapter with Borussia Dortmund was not over. I just wanted to realize my dream of playing in the Premier League.

I was very young at Manchester United, and I feel that I was just starting to find my feet when I was sold and Rooney was brought in.

If you are Cesc, going to Barcelona, he will make more money, more sponsorship, and he is going home. What did Arsenal do to keep him at the club? Absolutely nothing. Now the fans say he is not loyal. When you leave Arsenal, you become a traitor, regardless of what you have done.

When you hear Liverpool want you, you call your agent back in about five seconds.

I am happy at Schalke, this is my foreign team.

I definitely wouldn't go somewhere just because I'm a homegrown player. I'd want to be wanted by a club.

Leaving Manchester United? That was not complicated.

Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.

With Arsenal there was an interest but not a big as other clubs. That is why I didn't go to Arsenal and went to Chelsea.