Mauro Icardi Quotes

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me - a lot, really. But Manchester United appeared and didn't go away. They absolutely wanted me, and it happened.

Without a doubt, the plan was always to stay at West Ham.

If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there's an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.

When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.

You can take it for granted that I am not going to waste any time thinking about giving up how happy I am at Borussia, in the city of Dortmund, and with this team.

But last summer I signed a contract extension and that was me committing my future to Fulham. I live around here, I'm settled. I love it.

There was an option to sign for Barcelona and other teams before I moved to Madrid.

I've never thought about leaving Anzhi since I came here. Not for a single second.

Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.

It's clear that I will not be returning to Barca.

When, in 2005, there was an offer from Juventus, I was in the Bahamas. When I came back, Arsene said to me, 'There is an offer from Juve. What do you want to do?' I understood that he was saying, 'If you want to leave, leave.'

Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.

I'm very happy in Madrid and I'll defend my coach, the players, the president - everyone.

I like the Italian giants, and Spain is attractive, but when I heard that Manchester United were in the frame, I was very flattered. Nonetheless, I want to reiterate that Udinese is a great place, and I am happy here.

I think that with West Ham, it was more complicated for me. It happened naturally; there was urgency to leave West Ham.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

If you don't uphold a contract, which is an agreement, then you've got nothing.

It is very difficult to find a player who stays at the same club for the whole of their career.

I was close to Napoli and it's true that I did hope to one day play for them, but I am so happy here that after arriving at Lazio, I stopped thinking about it.

Dortmund tried very early to sign me and always kept in close contact with me - this behaviour has really impressed me.

It's good that other teams want me, but I'll be more than happy to stay in Milwaukee.

I would never have left Everton if it hadn't been Manchester United.

I want Arsenal to want me. If they didn't want me, it would hurt.

I never considered leaving Real Madrid or that it was a mistake to come here.