Sebastian Giovinco Quotes

I was never close to signing for Manchester United, no.

The dream of everyone is playing in Spain, Madrid, or Barcelona.

To be honest I didn't have a clue that I was the most expensive Scottish player. It's not something that comes into my head.

I've done most of my career with Barca, with the exception of the period I played for Manchester United.

I am not sure where the future will take me, but I have always wanted to play regular Premier League football.

I was lucky to get a professional contract. I wasn't that sort of talent that is considered to be a professional player.

I talked with Manuel Pellegrini before he left Malaga. I knew of his intention to take me with him to Manchester City. But I was unsure whether he would stick with the same keepers he had already.

When a club the size of Manchester United comes in for you, it obviously makes you very, very happy.

It's nice there are a lot of big clubs that are interested in me, but if one of those is Barcelona, that's special.

When we are little, we always dream, and the first teams that come into your head are those on the world stage for their marketing, their image, their publicity. That makes you dream about how nice it would be to play for Real Madrid, to play for Barcelona.

It was a dream come true to wear the famous colours of FC Barcelona.

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.

I really like Manchester City. They have put everything into trying to sign me so that I can be there and that is welcome.

Before I came to Italy to play for Milan in 2007, I saw in the papers that my name was mentioned in connection with some English clubs.

I was close to joining Barcelona and Real Madrid, but I am happy to have remained at Inter because I knew that sooner or later our moment to shine would arrive, and it did.

I had enquiries from Paris-Saint Germain and Manchester United, and I considered them.

It is obvious that it is nice for any player to know he is wanted by a team like Barcelona, with Guardiola as coach, and with players like Messi or Puyol.

The main factor in joining Arsenal was meeting with Arsene Wenger and to hear what his plans were for me.

There is absolutely no chance of me going back to Barcelona. They don't want me to, and I don't want to, either.

Every top player is of interest to Arsenal - and Draxler is certainly one of those.

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

I always wanted to play for City because I was there from such a young age.

I have decided that I want one or two seasons in England before the end of my career, and I want it to be at Liverpool.

Experience says it's not easy to find a center back for Barca.

People think I got loads of money at City and then left for Chelsea to chase more money. I didn't get that money. I moved to Chelsea because they made promises to me. They told me I would get opportunities, I would play and that they believed in me as a young player.