Jamie Carragher Quotes

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

When you come to Manchester United, in every transfer window - whether the team is doing well or badly - there are always players linked with the club because this club is always linked with the best players.

Everything goes fast in football. You can be transferred tomorrow, as you can be in one or two years.

Kenny Dalglish was absolutely right: anyone that doesn't want to be at Liverpool can leave. Players will come and go.

In the world of football, it is normal that rumours come from the media. It is something that I'm used to.

There's one thing I've never seen in a paper. Jamie Carragher linked with this or that club.

OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

I do understand Chelsea are a big club, and there is always pressure on managers to win games and trophies. So I understand they might not be willing to take a chance on someone at a bigger club.

There is some right old rubbish talked about Gareth Bale's time with me at Tottenham. Was I ever going to sell Bale? No. Was I going to loan him? No.

January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.

Clubs have always wanted to buy me during the summer but I have always stayed loyal because I wanted to stay at Arsenal.

My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.

I know the names of possible signings get fans excited, but it's a very fleeting kind of excitement.

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

It's a fact that Guardiola is joining Manchester City, and we have to respect that. But there is no truth in the rumours saying I will follow him.

It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.

You never know: there is a lot of movement in football. You can never predict where you're going to play.

I've been trying not to think too much about the rumours of clubs being linked with me.

I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.

Transfer speculation during the off-season does spur you on.

I am very happy here at Liverpool. It's a very good club at a very high level - a big club.

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

Some players are bought by other clubs with an eye to them developing into something special in a few years' time. Whereas there's a bit more pressure on some of the other clubs to bring in players who are going to be hitting the ground running and top players verging on world class almost immediately.

When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.