Niko Kovac Quotes

I'll play where the gaffer decides: in the middle, on the right, or on the left.

Guardiola focuses only on the tactics.

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.

When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in.

Trequartista is an important position in the team.

You cannot have a situation where you think that if you want to attack, then you play this formation, and if you want to defend, then you play this formation.

Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.

If you insist on playing Jorginho, who is neat and tidy but not a goal threat, you have to have goal threats on either side of him.

It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players.

At Chelsea, there's more focus on team shape, a lot of work on tactics.

For me it's best to play midfield but if the team needs it, I can play anywhere.

In football, things change quickly.

I fight with a game plan, but sometimes you have an audible.

I like centre-half, but I can play centre-mid as well.

I think I can play both deep field and inside the box.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

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.

I'm enjoying my position on the left wing because I think I'm affecting the game more in terms of goals and assists. But I'm happy to play wherever I'm told.

If they want me to run the ball, I'll run it.

In attack, I can play in every position.

I've played on the wing in some games and found myself in the middle for five or 10 minutes when others drift wide. It's about creating chances, scoring goals and helping the team win.

I can play on the right, from the left, behind the main striker, or upfront - it depends on where the coach wants me to play.

It's important to be a soccer player in the sense of the whole vision - if you put me at forward, I can do it, or if you put me in midfield, I can do it.

I can play in the centre or on the wing, behind one or two strikers, on the left or the right.

You can play Dybala and Ronaldo; it just depends on the situations.