Paul Pogba Quotes

I like playing just outside of my own penalty box, the player who receives the ball and organises the game.

When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.

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

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.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Normally, I play in midfield where I'm challenging the players and trying to take the ball.

I'm usually a No. 10, and the thing I most enjoy is helping my team-mates and creating goal-scoring chances for them.

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

I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.

I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.

I try to have a picture when I receive the ball and know where everyone is. That's one of the most important things for a midfielder.

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 like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

I knew before I came to Arsenal what kind of players were here. And of course, in training, you can see how many good players are here; the most important thing is that we work well as a team - that's the most important thing.

As an offensive player, you always want to produce and score goals, especially when that's your job on the team.

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.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.

I'd played some very good games, at Manchester United, at Tottenham Hotspur, but they'd lacked a goal. There've been times when I could have scored myself, but I've played a pass to a team-mate instead.

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