Virgil van Dijk Quotes

I think it's clear to see that Lyon plan to continue to win the Champions League and be the best team in Europe.

I'd say that La Liga is slightly more technical than the Premier League.

I do catch NFL games every now and again, and it doesn't remind me of anything that I watch when breaking down opponents or watching college games on TV. It's completely different.

I can honestly tell you that playing against Messi is very difficult.

I think to reach a Champions League final isn't easy, whether it's in Europe or Asia.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

The Champions League is where the best players in the world come together.

Chelsea are one of the great teams in Europe and Mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world.

Real Madrid, they are the best counter-attacking team in the world.

The Champions League is very difficult.

I think when I played at Juventus, that was the best team.

Ancelotti has managed a lot of big clubs, and I think he would do well at Madrid because Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain are big clubs.

I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

Monaco are strong and difficult to beat.

The Champions League title is incredibly important for me, as important as the Bundesliga title.

It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

I was trained under very famous coaches in the Italian national team, Read Madrid, Juventus, Internazionale and Parma.

What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better - a few times.

I'm sure I can work the Premier League, maybe my style of play is better suited to the Premier League than in the Championship.

A lot of clubs want to win the Champions League.

Considering Messi's quality and everything he represents, I don't think I've seen him playing with a guy following him around the pitch the entire time with the sole purpose of not letting him play.

At the end of the day, I'm a good defensive football coach.