Marco Asensio Quotes

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

I've done most of my career with Barca, with the exception of the period I played for Manchester United.

When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.

It's nice there are a lot of big clubs that are interested in me, but if one of those is Barcelona, that's special.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me - a lot, really. But Manchester United appeared and didn't go away. They absolutely wanted me, and it happened.

I would not play in Madrid. If I leave Barca, I would not go there. My Madrid train has passed.

The only club that could lure me away from Dortmund is Real Madrid.

If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there's an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.

Coutinho is a great player, and I am sure he will stay at Barca for a long time.

If Inter decide to sell me, I'll pack my bags and go. If not, I'll stay here in Milan where I am honestly very happy.

Frankly, I wouldn't have a problem to play at Barca - to the contrary.

When I first heard Madrid were interested, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to come here. This is the best club in the world, with the best coach and great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria... so many great players.

It is obvious that it is nice for any player to know he is wanted by a team like Barcelona, with Guardiola as coach, and with players like Messi or Puyol.

I would never have left Everton if it hadn't been Manchester United.

I never hid my move to Real Madrid was almost done... my fate changed, and I arrived at Barcelona instead.

I have already told Vermaelen to come to Napoli 10 times. The city is magnificent and even Benitez asked me to convince Vermaelen to come here.

Manuel Pellegrini had convinced me to go with him to Manchester City. I was doing very well at Malaga, but I accepted.

When, in 2005, there was an offer from Juventus, I was in the Bahamas. When I came back, Arsene said to me, 'There is an offer from Juve. What do you want to do?' I understood that he was saying, 'If you want to leave, leave.'

If you ask me if I would like to see Isco in Barcelona, I would say yes.

I think that with West Ham, it was more complicated for me. It happened naturally; there was urgency to leave West Ham.

My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.

Barcelona is a fantastic football club, and I don't think there are many players who would be able to say no to them.

When it became clear that I couldn't stay at Bayern I thought about going to play in Spain or Italy. Fiorentina came forward, they were looking for a striker, and everything happened very quickly.