Julen Lopetegui Quotes

I am a striker, but I love playing wide.

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

Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.

The number 9 has to be the one who scores the goals.

Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind.

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

I do what the forwards do and score goals.

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

Speed isn't everything, but he'd be a great striker at Atletico. Usain Bolt would be perfect for our game. Me behind and him up front. The best!

I'm a striker. That's what I enjoy doing. And any chance to display that, I'm happy.

If you want to speak about scoring goals, you should judge every midfielder the same way.

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

I used to like playing No. 10 when I was younger, so I enjoy that role. But as I developed, I had to stay on the wing.

Pep Guardiola saw me as a central player in his system, which my style of play fit into perfectly.

I'm a striker and obviously I live to score.

If I watch big games like the Champions League on TV then I'm definitely watching what different centre-backs are doing in certain situations.

People say that Rooney could have been like Lionel Messi, a more prolific goalscorer who dribbles past opponents more. But they are different characters. You will never see Messi snapping around the heels of an opponent to win the ball back deep in his own half. Wayne does that all the time, and sometimes that enthusiasm will count against him.

English football is a lot different to Spanish football but Soldado is an international for Spain, he is a player who has become accustomed to playing against great teams - and he has always scored goals.

I know the importance of the number 10. In Brazil, the one who wears 10 constructs the attacks.

I am a striker or at least a playmaker behind the front man, certainly not a wide man. But with Rome and Milan, I was only playing on the wings.

It's different to play midfielder and striker or No. 10, but I enjoy all the positions I can play.

Ibrahimovic is a very intelligent player and there are very few strikers like him in world football.

Gabriel Jesus will be for Neymar what Benzema is for Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. He has the same focus as Karim.

I'm a striker. it's our job, and it's true that we need to score, and I am happy when I do.