Danny Welbeck Quotes

You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.

My first aim is to play well for my club, Manchester City. If I do, I am sure that will come to the attention of the national manager.

Success in football is impossible without a good school.

I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.

Toni Kroos leaving the German national team would hurt me very much.

If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.

For me, happy footballers play the best football.

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.

I've played for England, played in the Olympics and made my Premier League debut.

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

I believe that, in principle, it is easier to get into the national team if you perform well at Bayern, compared to what the benefits of playing for other clubs are.

I want to be a top scorer with my national team.

To play with the national team is the ultimate goal for any player.

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.

It is a very, very difficult thing to get into the Brazil national team, so when you achieve that, it makes you really happy, and you want it to continue for as long as possible.

It's not easy, especially for a German national team player who did great things in the past and maybe is struggling. That's why I think most of the German national team play abroad because if you don't play for Bayern Munich and you don't always win, it's difficult.

I honestly think I would swap all that I have won in my career to win something with the Argentine national team.

I am very proud of my goal record for England.

My relationship with the national squad is a separate thing; I've always been lucky in that, for Argentina, I've always performed well, independently of what's been going on at any club.

My target is to get as many call-ups as I can, get as many games as I can and win many trophies with Nigeria.

Mandzukic has scored everywhere he has played. He has a lot of personality and plays at international level.

I would like to win the Ballon d'Or for women. But every top professional should have that ambition.

Germans have a rich history of playing well in the World Cup.