Toni Kroos Quotes

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play in that position and there is nothing new for me.

I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.

Growing up I've been playing as an attacking midfielder, more central in the midfield. I wouldn't say if I'm most comfortable there but that's where I grew up playing.

I can play at full back on either side, but I prefer the central defensive position.

Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.

When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position.

You cannot play the position Kroos plays in defensive midfield besides Luka Modric better than he does.

I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.

I'd like to think that centre-half is my best position.

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.

I'm not a left midfielder. I hate that position, I don't like it.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

There have been a lot of French midfielders at Chelsea, but they did it their way and I do it my way and I hope I can do good things at Chelsea.

I like playing just outside of my own penalty box, the player who receives the ball and organises the game.

I much prefer playing in the centre of the park; that's where I feel comfortable.

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

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

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.

I want to play right-back. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am now in a World Cup squad and to showcase my talent in the World Cup stage, playing in my position.

I just want to show my speed and my skills as a left back and it's a position where I can go forward and come back as well and help the team both defending and attacking.

I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender.

I've played both right-back and right wing, I can't really say if I am more comfortable in one or the other but both are fun positions for me to play.

The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two, or three players and is happy to give an assist to a team-mate - it makes him more dangerous and more difficult to stop than ever before.