Emre Can Quotes

I worked at the number one team in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and now also in England.

It is true that I did not want to leave Milan. That changed when Zlatan Ibrahimovic came from Barcelona. Then I realised that for me it is better to go.

Newcastle was tough - the manager who'd signed me, Bobby Robson, got sacked three games into the season, so a new manager arrived, and I ended up going on loan again, to Aston Villa.

If one day I leave Arsenal, I will never sign for another English team. Quite sure.

I was very close to joining Manchester United.

Once I came out of the First Division with Norwich, it was great.

Yes, in 1983, I had the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.

In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.

At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week.

I was so used to playing at St Mirren and then Hibs all the time, so it was really important that the next place I was going I was going to play.

Quite a few teams wanted me when I put it out there I wanted to go on loan. I thought Swansea was the best option for me.

I didn't have the chance to play at West Ham, but in football, you always have a chance. When I went to Liverpool, I had the chance to show my quality.

People say I should go to Real Madrid or Barcelona, but my team is Las Palmas.

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

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.

I wanted to play in the Premier League and Bolton offered me that opportunity at that time and that was why I signed for Bolton.

The opportunity to work with Antonio Conte, a brilliant coach, and some of the best players in the world was too good to turn down.

I received lots of offers, but Inter are a big club, and I can carry on growing here.

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

I want to be a Premier League player, a Liverpool player and an England player.

I was very excited about the possibility of playing for Spurs and in England. I would like to thank the club for their efforts in trying to sign me.

I've played for England Under-21s, in the Under-20 World Cup and I've been part of the play-offs in the Championship. But in terms of helping my career and getting me ready, going to Cheltenham Town was a massive experience.

Chelsea is a big club, a club that has given me the opportunity to play as a starter, to grow even more.

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