David Trezeguet Quotes

You can never know if there will be a second Cruyff, someone with a great personality who can grow up and make it into the squad of the club they love. But what is certain is that, in the Champions League, there will be big clubs producing these players forever.

In any national team, the young players who have quality and the right mentality will stand out. And that's how it should be.

Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

Italy have plenty of high-quality players. Newcomers need time to get adjusted to the set-up and the system of play. I'm very young, and although I think I have shown good quality in my international games, I realise that there are plenty of others competing for places.

I saw Claude Makelele play in the French national team but before when he played at a club I didn't watch him a lot.

Germany, when you're a young player, is the best. There are lots of young talents here, and people have faith in them.

Pakistan is a great team to be a part of and to see the emergence of young players is exciting.

I am dreaming that Italy can return to having lots of important talent. We need to grow our young players.

It had never been a decision to choose between the French national team or the Senegalese national team because I was growing up in France and playing in the French youth national team, so it was something really normal.

I've been playing for England at every single youth team level, so it's like a natural progression into the seniors, and I'm obviously delighted with my progress.

You need young, hungry, developing players in your team, but you also need that experience to level things out and get hold of some of the youngsters when they need advice in certain areas of the pitch.

I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn.

I will only be 29 in 2016 for the European Championships, but the French national team doesn't make me happy.

If young players are capable of playing 90 minutes every week at European clubs why prevent them from doing that?

Ajax always bring through young players from their academy - we can't pay €20m for a player, so we make sure we develop those players and give them the opportunity to play.

As for me not playing for England, I've got no regret at all.

You can only advise young players to make the step to Liverpool.

Football will always be about the results because if you are winning and taking good results you are not asking me about the young players.

If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that's incredible.

If a young player feels comfortable in a team then they will flourish and be who they want to be. It's less about patronising them and more about trusting them.

If you look at most youngsters, they have worked well under Van Gaal. I had never heard of Thomas Muller at Bayern Munich before Van Gaal managed him, and he's now one of the best players in the world.

In the U.S. system, too often the best player on an under-17 team will be treated like a 'star' - not having to work for the ball, being the focus of the offense at all times, etc. - at a time when they should be having to fight tooth and nail for their spot.

Portugal have a mix of players and talent, which is what Portuguese players and coaches are often about. It's like play-ground football.