Lothar Matthaus Quotes

I don't care if I play on the wing or in the middle. There is no difference.

Being a left back is a very important role, I'm happy to play there. Every time I get the call for the national team or Bayern to play left back, I'm willing to do it.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I'm a centre forward, and that is my preferred position. But I'll play on the wing or in midfield, wherever the manager wants me to play.

I actually prefer playing as a left winger rather than a striker, but I just want to be very clear that I'm willing to play in either position.

I can play in any position except goalkeeper.

I've said all along from day one centre-back is the position I feel most comfortable in but if I'm asked to play right-back or midfield I'll go and do a job there.

I could play anywhere. I played everywhere on the pitch for United, apart from No. 9 or keeper.

I started off as a right-winger, but my coaches pushed me further and further back. So much so that I ended up in defence, because I wasn't good with my hands and there was nowhere else to go! So they put me there and that's when I found my position.

The best corners can play everywhere.

I've played at centre-half plenty of times before.

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

I like to play anywhere in the middle.

I've always been a centre-half, to be honest.

I feel comfortable in the playmaker role, but I can play on the left, on the right, and even pivot.

I can play left-back; I can play in midfield or on the left or right wings.

I have always been a midfielder, and I remain a midfielder.

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

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

At Rennes, I played more down the left wing, but also down the right and sometimes in midfield. At Dortmund, it was the same: I alternated wings. I don't have problems with the position I'll take up.

I am used to being a winger, but if a manager wants me to adapt to a new position, then I will have to - and I don't mind.

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

My best position is in the middle, and if I am asked to play there, I can do it.

Midfield, defence - I have even played out wide for Everton, so I will do a job anywhere and give 100 percent.

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.