Teemu Pukki Quotes

The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.

The ball is just whipped off you in the Premier League. You have to maintain focus.

It took me some time to get used to the game in Scotland because it was very different. The game is quicker and more physical. You don't get much time on the ball, that's for sure. It is probably better than I thought as well.

I want to leave Juventus as a winner.

Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.

Fulham wanted me when I was 16. They were in the Premier League at the time with Mark Hughes, and I was close to going.

It's not easy to say no to a club like Barcelona. They are European champions, they're in a lovely city, and I like Spain a lot.

I joined Liverpool in 1978. I was the record signing between English clubs.

What I need to do is establish myself as Oliver Burke and not as the new Gareth Bale. To do that I need to work hard in La Liga.

I'm not here to substitute Neymar. Barcelona needed a player in my position, and I'm here to help.

I am 25 years old, but I think I gained a lot of experience with PSG, and I think I can help Tottenham.

We know the Premier League is a spectacular league. We would like to play there, but if you take all the positives and all the negatives, it's very difficult to leave Barcelona. If you feel at home and you're from Barcelona it's difficult to change.

Always, against top teams, if you play well, and especially in the Champions League, it's good.

I'm playing in the Premier League and my first two games could be against Manchester City and Liverpool. I don't think it gets much better than that.

I'm fine at Atletico. I don't want to leave.

Whether I play five or 10 metres forward or back does not change my way of playing, to be on the ball a lot.

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

I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.

If you play for Barcelona or Ajax or for any top team or top side, they want to see the top players excel every week.

There are no easy games in the Premier League.

Considering Messi's quality and everything he represents, I don't think I've seen him playing with a guy following him around the pitch the entire time with the sole purpose of not letting him play.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

I wasn't supposed to run as much as I did in the NFL. But it turned out that all that scrambling I had done in college became necessary in the NFL. It wasn't by design. It was because I was running for my life!

The Scottish game is not easy - far from it.You don't have so much time on the ball. There are aggressive defenders but it is good. Every opponent likes to mark closely so it is not so easy to score. In Germany there was more space to run into other areas of the pitch.

San Siro is a tricky stadium. If you have the right personality, it helps you. But if you don't have the right personality, it can be very hard to play in San Siro.