Freddie Ljungberg Quotes

I don't think City play a Brazilian style - it is more Spanish the way we play here.

Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.

I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.

European teams have always shied away from South American football. They struggle to get to grips with it. The South American game is more technical and about keeping possession, while European football is more dynamic, physical and direct.

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

I think the Brazil system is similar to the one we use at Liverpool, with lots of movement, players open out wide, and quality midfielders who join the attack and score goals.

Arsenal's style of play is so smooth and easy and I hope I can adapt to their style quickly.

The little bit of my Brazilian side in Azzurri is perhaps to play more with the ball on the ground and have the tranquility to hold the ball. The idea is to have more control of the game.

In Italy, it is all about tactics and playing for a result, whereas in Spain, the focus is on technique and pace. In England, the game is based on aggression and non-stop action.

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

The style is the same at all levels, which facilitates things: bring the ball out from the back, keep possession, work gaps to create chances. It's like that from the Under-15s all the way through. That's the Spanish way, and it has triumphed.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

In England and Germany, perhaps, there is more of a focus on the physical side of the game, in breaking down the opposition's play, especially against the lower placed sides.

Pep Guardiola saw me as a central player in his system, which my style of play fit into perfectly.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.

I don't have any secrets. I know my style of football and sometimes it's pretty simple.

The game in Spain is more about technique and about getting more touches on the ball. That's why I like it so much.

There are teams in England who play the football I like, keeping the ball on the ground, playing a quick game with one-twos, pressing their opponents high up the pitch. If one of these clubs were interested in me, I'd adapt to them well, and they could adapt to my way of playing, which isn't so common.

The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.

United are about attacking football, and everything else has to takes its place behind that.

Throughout their career, the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta have all been taught to a play a certain way. English players have been taught a different way, just like Brazil have been taught a different way.

Pochettino likes to play from the back, with the buildup, have the ball.