Jupp Heynckes Quotes

Any striker like me that likes to run in behind, they could play with Thierry.

Pukki has a bit of everything, which makes him a complete striker. He times his runs well, is very intelligent in his positioning, runs hard, presses opponents and never stops moving.

The perfect striker does not exist.

Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind.

I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.

I have to stay in front to try and create chances and be in the right place in the box.

I think a lot of people write off strikers like me, the true number 9 who hangs out at the top of the box. I mean, even I wanted to be a player like Romario as a kid.

There's different types of strikers: Harry Kane is a wonderful finisher, Jamie Vardy has great pace and has come onto the scene exceptionally well and is playing consistently, and Wayne Rooney is a player I have admired during all of his career.

I've always been a real striker.

You look at the Harry Kanes: although he's absolutely ruthless inside the box, he also scores goals outside the box.

Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.

I like to play up front.

With a line of six in the defence and then three in front of that, it's not always easy to find the spaces to score the goals.

I thrive on quick players getting to the byline and sending over crosses. I just have to be quick enough to get on the end of things. In that regard, my job has always been the same, but if we have more wide, quick players, that can only be good for me.

I hope to become a real striker.

Of course I am happy to play in any of the attacking roles, but for me, where I can score the most goals is down the middle.

I want to become the ultimate centre forward. I want to be able to play on the left, on the right, and down the middle.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.

As a No. 9, I have to be there to score goals, but that isn't the only thing. I also participate in the build-up and help my team-mates, but, above all, it's about scoring goals.

At Arsenal, we're not short of combination football, and I like to join in on that and get in behind defenders and try to get shots off at goal.

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can, you have every reason to be confident.

I've always said it, and the whole football world knows that Cavani is a centre-forward and that he has proven his worth in that position. Having said that, Cavani has shown other characteristics that can help the team, like winning the ball back, helping out defensively.

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

I am a striker, a goalscorer. That is my art.

I think there are a lot of great strikers in Europe.