Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Quotes

When you leave a club like Liverpool, you have to go somewhere you'll feel comfortable and progress as a player. To come to Stoke was an easy decision.

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

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.

They wanted to play me central midfield when I was at Aston Villa, so that's why we left. Things were going good at Coventry, but then scouts from Manchester United and different clubs around England were watching me, and I don't think Coventry liked that.

I left Bayern because I needed the game time.

My departure from Arsenal was purely for sporting reasons.

I really felt Dortmund was the right club for me. They spoke to me and said the right things I wanted to hear.

Manuel Pellegrini had convinced me to go with him to Manchester City. I was doing very well at Malaga, but I accepted.

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

I spoke with Van Gaal, and he said that I only had a one per cent chance of playing in my position, so I headed to Bayer.

Rivaldo was fundamental for me accepting the challenge in Bunyodkor.

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.'

Many clubs wanted to know when I was leaving Inter, and Liverpool was one of those clubs, so people were surprised I chose Galatasaray.

At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.

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

I felt Arsenal had let a lot of players go. When Thierry left I felt it was time for me to do something different and challenging.

Chelsea is a top club, and I have many friends there, but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United.

When it became clear that I couldn't stay at Bayern I thought about going to play in Spain or Italy. Fiorentina came forward, they were looking for a striker, and everything happened very quickly.

When Manchester City came for me it was the best choice to come here.

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

With Arsenal there was an interest but not a big as other clubs. That is why I didn't go to Arsenal and went to Chelsea.

When I was approached by Arsenal in 2005, my world changed forever.

Juventus made a big offer for me, I think it was around €20 million. Stuttgart were thinking about it, but I was the one who declined. I thought it was better for me to stay there and grow as a player before making a big move.

I worked at the number one team in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and now also in England.

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