Gerard Deulofeu Quotes

The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.

Muller is part No. 7 and part No. 9, a second striker. But in Ancelotti's system, there is no room for that type of player.

I think off the wing and just behind the striker are probably the two go-to positions, so to speak. I'm comfortable with playing both.

Trequartista is an important position in the team.

I play the number ten role but also off the side or deeper.

I hate false nines.

I like the idea of playing with a bit more tactical freedom, either in a deeper role or supporting the strikers more often.

I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.

I started with Paul Le Guen. He told me to double up in positions if he was missing a left back or a midfielder. From that moment, it was clear in my mind that I would be a professional footballer, and I began working even faster to get there.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

Van Gaal was always very intensive with his tactics. You had to work more with your head than your legs.

As a holding midfield player, you want movement and to play between the lines.

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

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

I used to like playing No. 10 when I was younger, so I enjoy that role. But as I developed, I had to stay on the wing.

I had the good luck to have the experience of training with fantastic football players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Modric, and I also played for Real Madrid B. That was a fantastic experience because it was my first international experience as a football player and taught me a lot as a football player.

My perfect formation would be 4-3-3 with one holding and then the two going forward. I would be one of the ones going forward.

I spent the best part of 20 years trying to stop people like Chris Waddle from playing. Now I'm convinced that good touch and loads of movement are the way forward.

I like to play as a No. 10. I think I have more freedom offensively. For Belgium, we have full backs who run hard and create a lot of space, which is good, and I like to play there.

You have got to be one step ahead, as a striker, to create that space you need. Apart from the ball, when you're a striker, it is space that's your best friend. You need space.

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.

In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I could never cut inside and shoot. It was only when I joined Real Madrid and started playing in a more central position, and then on the right wing, that I suddenly realised I had a really dangerous weapon.

Someone said that my coaching is a combination of Milan's defensive discipline and the Dutch propensity for attacking football, and I think that is a fair description.

At Inter Milan, I agreed to play on the wing and didn't like it.