Dimitar Berbatov Quotes

Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

As a player, you just want to be at a club where you can achieve everything you want to.

Playing for United is all I've ever wanted to do - it's the club I've supported all my life.

I know the city and the club, and I can tell you that when you play for Manchester United at Old Trafford, you no longer need to see the sunshine every day.

I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood.

I thought I would be at United for a couple of years, maybe three or four, and then go abroad somewhere. But I just fell in love with Manchester United. I fell in love with winning, fell in love with the history of the club and being part of it was something I could never have imagined.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

My early ambitions were the same as they are now - to play for Manchester United. I was, and still am, football mad.

I'm a Chelsea season-ticket holder, and I've supported them for 37 years, so any judgment of Manchester United by me is seen as biased.

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

When I was younger I would play in front of crowds as small as 500 in the second division in Belgium, so I know what that's like. It might be easier in terms of pressure, but believe me, I would always prefer to be at a packed Anfield playing against Manchester United. That's why you want to become a footballer.

For me, Barcelona are the biggest club in the world, and naturally, I wanted to come here.

It doesn't matter if you go somewhere and you're still winning - it's always the wrong decision to leave a club like Manchester United.

Being part of such a great club like Manchester United fills you with emotion, and you gradually realise how much the club means to the fans and the people who work here. They really live for the game, so that does become part of you, and you can only appreciate that having spent time here.

I do not necessarily want to play for the best team in the world. I would prefer to win the Champions League with Dortmund than six with another club.

It was definitely not the salary that made me join Manchester United; I went for football reasons - for the history of the club, the league, the fans, and the coach because he is one of the best in the world.

It's always in the back of your mind that you want to stay at United, and you want to play for United.

As I said, when I played at Chelsea I give always my best to help the team but now Manchester United is my club and I will try to win there.

If it is possible I want to finish my career at Manchester United.

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?

I have a lot of good memories, especially the days when I have lifted trophies. They are great feelings. That is why Manchester United players want to lift trophies again and again.

When I was young, it was a dream to play for Manchester United.

I want to be in goal and play for Liverpool every week and then win a trophy with the club. That's what everyone wants. I want to do my part and help.

I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition as Manchester City.

In 10 years' time I still want to be at Arsenal, winning trophies for my club and for the national team as well. I've been there since I was nine or 10. It feels like I've always been there, the club's been great to me and I feel I owe them that to be there and to stay around.