Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

Hopefully, I can stay in the Premier League for my whole career.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

My head has just been all about wanting to play regular football in the Premier League.

I've dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.

I want to play first-team football.

At 21, Real Madrid or Barcelona would have been more difficult for me. If I play well enough at Chelsea, I could win my place in the starting team, and my priority is to play.

Playing at the top level in the Premier League - that's where I strive to be.

I played United's reserves for a few years and I wanted to take that next step, which was a loan move.

I'll always be thankful to Villa for giving me the chance to play first-team football regularly.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

At City it is very hard to get into that first team.

At the end of the day, I want to have an opportunity to play quarterback in the NFL.

I can look forward to that. Getting back over to Europe and playing at a little bit higher level, then hopefully becoming a leader for the national team.

I always watched professional football and my father played at an amateur level, but I didn't think I wanted to become a pro.

You can ask any young player in the lower leagues. They always dream of playing for England.

Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are two of the best strikers in the league and the reason I came to the Premier League was to play against people like them.

When I moved to Hull and I was playing against players in the Premier League, maybe I pinched myself then.

I want to play in a stronger league than the Eredivisie.

I've said it once: I would love to someday play in La Liga at one of the greats. I see their league each week. It suits my style.

I don't like it if I'm not part of the starting 11.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

I really wanted to play in the Premier League, which I'd been watching since I was a youngster every Saturday or Sunday before I'd go and play for Rosario Central.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

The Premier League is the toughest league in the world, so it's never going to be easy to get minutes.