Danny Welbeck Quotes

I realised when I was a striker that when I ended up wide on the left or right, it can be so much easier to get space and face defenders up.

I came from Ajax where you play 4-3-3 and as a winger they didn't want you to defend.

I want to become the ultimate centre forward. I want to be able to play on the left, on the right, and down the middle.

I can play in the centre or on the wing, behind one or two strikers, on the left or the right.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

It does not matter to me. I can play from the left, the right, or attack through the middle.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

If I was to play on the left, I'd rather play there if there was three in midfield.

For United, I'm more likely to be left wing of a four-man midfield with only two centre-mids, so it's a bit more difficult for me to maybe make those runs to get in and score those goals when I've got to think about my defensive duties as well.

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

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.

If you insist on playing Jorginho, who is neat and tidy but not a goal threat, you have to have goal threats on either side of him.

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

I prefer scoring goals, but when I am playing out on the right, I tend to come inside and provide assists, but I also like playing on the left, and I think if that is where I play, then I will have more chance of scoring - but I just hope I can help the team score goals with my assists.

I am a professional footballer, and it's a game where the coach decides where you can be most beneficial for the team. As long as I am attacking, I am happy! I know what Jose Mourinho decides will be best for me personally and for the team.

The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals. You have to make the game, make an assist for the team, and if you can score, it's a plus for the team.

I'm not really a defensive midfielder.

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.

Pep Guardiola saw me as a central player in his system, which my style of play fit into perfectly.

Balance is the secret for every team. There cannot be a defensive formation and an attacking formation: such a concept is a limitation.

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

I have been playing box-to-box more for Everton as a two, so I have felt comfortable in that position, but anywhere across the midfield I can play.

In modern day football, you've got to play in different positions. I've played in numerous positions, apart from centre-back and goalkeeper, I think.

I'm usually a No. 10, and the thing I most enjoy is helping my team-mates and creating goal-scoring chances for them.