Carlos Vela Quotes

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

I don't miss playing for the national side, I am glad to be out of it.

I had won 64 caps by the age of 25.

Van Basten went directly to the national team without coaching any other clubs. It's not the norm in Italy.

I haven't retired from international football - I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

I don't know where horse riding could have taken me, and it's something I can always go back to when I've retired from football, but the crossroads came in my life when Chelsea wanted to sign me and make me a professional footballer in 2013 when I was 20.

I will not play a farewell game with the national team. I would like to thank the federation for expressing an interest. But I prefer to leave football with an official match because I am not a fan of farewell games.

I can look forward to that. Getting back over to Europe and playing at a little bit higher level, then hopefully becoming a leader for the national team.

I can't play football forever, I am not a greedy person.

Obviously, when I was playing in the Championship, I always dreamed about playing for England, putting on the jersey.

Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.

After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.

I enjoyed six marvellous years at Bayern winning many titles, but the fact is I don't plan on playing in Germany ever again.

I went to Fulham for the project they explained to me - but it didn't really work out. I might have been playing at a high level for the national team, but I was starting to miss those European nights and challenging for titles.

I believe my chances of making the World Cup squad will improve if I join City. My exposure would be better because Brazil is biased towards the Ukrainian league.

It's happened so quickly, starting at Tottenham, playing for England.

Every international career is going to come to an end you're going to pass it down to the younger generation. Every career comes to that point.

It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.

My target is to get as many call-ups as I can, get as many games as I can and win many trophies with Nigeria.

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

I have definitely learned a lot from playing in different countries and in different styles of football, and I feel very happy now with Al Ain.

I played for England Under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and then 21s... then... I just decided to make the decision to play for Nigeria.

St. Louis has a super-rich history of soccer, so I was very fortunate growing up to have coaches that played.

When you give up something as big as playing for England there are going to be moments when you miss it.

I've put football behind me.