Fabinho Quotes

I saw Claude Makelele play in the French national team but before when he played at a club I didn't watch him a lot.

Not playing for Liverpool would hurt me more than not playing for England.

From the moment I left Sao Paulo and Brazil, I was fixed on staying here, playing for the first team and succeeding at Real Madrid. That was always my dream. But it was an advantage to be able to join Castilla first.

I have been playing for England since I was 18, and while I wouldn't say I took it all for granted, it just seemed to be a part of my season - to play for Arsenal and to play for England.

When I left the club, I said in an interview that my chapter with Borussia Dortmund was not over. I just wanted to realize my dream of playing in the Premier League.

I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.

Since I made my debut at Sheffield United, I felt like I could step on and climb the leagues.

There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.

Tottenham is the club that first gave me my opportunity to play in one of the strongest leagues in the world.

To be captain and win a lot at Juventus, to play for 20 years, to play in the World Cup, European Cup, I think I had a good career, no?

I hope to work sometime for an absolute top club. It should be no surprise that Manchester United are a dream club for me.

I've always dreamed of playing in the World Cup and wearing the Selecao jersey, but I knew how difficult that was, what with me playing in Ukraine for Shakhtar.

As far as I am concerned, Donnarumma is one of the most important goalkeepers in the world.

I was a promising keeper as a kid and, at 15 and 16, was on the books of Crewe Alexandra.

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

When I was growing up in Australia my dream was to play in Serie A and for the national team.

Maradona has done a lot for his clubs, as Messi does, and for the Argentina national team.

I've been promoted, relegated, won big trophies, gone months without scoring, played for my country at World Cups, been bought, sold, loaned, and called 'a freak.'

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

I'm more experienced, I've won titles at Juventus. I've been playing with big players like when I started at Man United, of course. I came back. I've not come back from the Academy now; I went to play somewhere else, and I came back, I would say, as a person, as an adult.

My father has played at Celtic before. He has told me it is really intense, and it is good to grow as a footballer by playing for this club.

My goal is to play with a club in the Champions League.

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.