Danny Welbeck Quotes

I started lower down the leagues with Coventry, so I'd had that taste of first-team action at a young age. I'd already played 40 or 50 games before moving on, and when I got to Norwich, I had to bide my time at the start.

I enjoyed my time in the Premier League and in Qatar.

The Under-21s was a good experience for me and one I will take into the Euros.

I had the chance to play with Alan Shearer to join the list of class players I'd played with at a young age at Leeds - the Vidukas, Smiths, Kewells, and Woodgates.

I spent my career at big clubs.

I thank God for having played for four years in the best Barcelona team in history, but playing in the Premier League is also very important.

My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when I left.

The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don't get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

I played for Arsenal for more than three years, and I had fantastic moments. Maybe they made me one of the best strikers in the world, because under Arsene Wenger, I learned a lot of things - but you have to move on.

I'll never forget my time at Banfield. It is a club that gave me everything and gave me the opportunity to become a man and a player.

If you're lucky enough to get into a Premier League or Championship team straight away, well done to you, but I feel really grateful for the experience that I had at the lower end.

Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.

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.

Being with Dortmund and playing in more big games there, it's just gaining experience.

I've played for England Under-21s, in the Under-20 World Cup and I've been part of the play-offs in the Championship. But in terms of helping my career and getting me ready, going to Cheltenham Town was a massive experience.

I loved Plymouth and my time there because it helped me get my life back on track and I started scoring goals. But when I went there, it's not a place you dream of playing. It's not the team you dream of playing for. And you know when you're there, if you don't score goals or play well you're going down there and down from Plymouth is not pretty.

I will always remain a fan of Pescara. My time there was crucial to grow and improve as a player. It was my launchpad to top football.

I'll always be thankful to Villa for giving me the chance to play first-team football regularly.

I learned so much during my time at United. Sharing a dressing room with Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Ryan Giggs at such a young age was an amazing experience. I didn't play as much as I would have liked, but it was a master's degree in development both as a player and a person.

NFL Europe helped me quite a bit. It was a situation where I came out of college and spent the first few months of my career over in Europe.

I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.

I think the growth you get from working at a place like Alabama and with a program under Nick Saban, it helps me immensely.

I started in League One and went up into the Championship and then into the Premier League, so I've played a lot of games from quite a young age.

But you grow more knowledgeable during the time you play in the Premier League. Every new manager, new chapter, has been a learning curve.