Samir Nasri Quotes

I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us.

At Chelsea, there's more focus on team shape, a lot of work on tactics.

In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.

Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him.

If you have a good midfield, you have a good team.

I like attacking football, but that's not the only thing the game's about.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

I try to get early contact and keep it on the ground. I like to keep the ball down as much as I can.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

Madrid excites me. They are one of the best teams in the world.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

Football is not about suffering. It's about enjoyment. Control the ball, be friendly with it, try to attack, try to score goals. Of course defending is part of it, but you can defend in a lot of ways.

Obviously, there are many clubs that make me dream, like Real Madrid or Barcelona.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

It is very tough to beat an English team. The type of football they play is only in the Premier League. They defend as though their lives depend on it. And they are very successful.

There are so many great players who have played for Real Madrid.

When I talk to my colleagues from the national team, they always talk to me about Real Madrid.

I like everything about Real Madrid, even the club anthem.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

English football is a lot different to Spanish football but Soldado is an international for Spain, he is a player who has become accustomed to playing against great teams - and he has always scored goals.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged.

When you play against a Spanish team, especially Madrid, it is quite an open game.

Real Madrid are one of the main teams in Europe. They are a team which has won the Champions League the most times, a very good team, and known throughout the whole world as well.