Gareth Bale Quotes

At Rennes, I played more down the left wing, but also down the right and sometimes in midfield. At Dortmund, it was the same: I alternated wings. I don't have problems with the position I'll take up.

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.

I've grown up playing in central midfield more, and I think my natural game is about coming inside from wide.

I like to create chances, to shoot when I play farther forward, but I also like playing deeper, as you have more time on the ball.

Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.

I was born a trequartista, and have adapted myself to playing in other roles.

In my period at Chelsea, I was sometimes the one who switched sides because we were playing with two left-footed guys on the wings with myself and Damian Duff.

It does not matter to me. I can play from the left, the right, or attack through the middle.

I like the idea of playing with a bit more tactical freedom, either in a deeper role or supporting the strikers more often.

If I was to play on the left, I'd rather play there if there was three in midfield.

Everything I did on the left I had to learn in a 4-4-2 system, it wasn't natural. To collect the ball on my wrong foot.

I can play in a number of positions, on the left, as a No 10, or off the right.

With Arsenal, I've been playing out wide, which is not me.

I'm not the type of player that's going to run in behind or go past three and score.

We've got to make sure we have players that can break teams down because there's no space in behind; we need to problem-solve in a different way.

I can play left-back; I can play in midfield or on the left or right wings.

I like to play wide, but as a youth, I played more in the middle as a 10.

I would like to do what Cristiano has done: start wide and go into the middle as a No. 10 or 9.

I actually prefer playing as a left winger rather than a striker, but I just want to be very clear that I'm willing to play in either position.

The Swedish team plays very differently from Arsenal. There is more freedom with Arsenal and they play a passing game.

I have been playing box-to-box more for Everton as a two, so I have felt comfortable in that position, but anywhere across the midfield I can play.

In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I could never cut inside and shoot. It was only when I joined Real Madrid and started playing in a more central position, and then on the right wing, that I suddenly realised I had a really dangerous weapon.

The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.

I don't really mind where I play - left, right, up front on my own, or with another striker. I'm just versatile like that, and I don't mind playing anywhere in attack.