Glenn Murray Quotes

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.

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

I played a trial game for Reading against Brentford. Then the coach told me that they couldn't afford to take me on. So I went to see Brentford. I couldn't believe it when they signed me - they were in the league above Reading.

I'd never thought of going to Japan, but the J-League came to me, and I could see that they wanted me to be part of the project. In the beginning, they said, 'We have two or three teams for you, although we cannot say which ones at the moment, but we want you as a player, as everything.'

Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.

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

Blanc called me when he was in the United States and I was still on holiday. He said he was very happy to recruit me, that he had wanted me for several seasons. Obviously, this gave me an added incentive to sign for PSG.

I spoke with Van Gaal, and he said that I only had a one per cent chance of playing in my position, so I headed to Bayer.

I've come to Milan because I think I can play; otherwise, I wouldn't have come here. I'm pleased they were interested in me.

When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.

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

Real Madrid were the ideal club for me, and, when I knew they were interested, I couldn't think about anything else.

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

It was Milan who proved they wanted me and they did everything to get me.

I really felt Dortmund was the right club for me. They spoke to me and said the right things I wanted to hear.

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.

If Manchester United come knocking, you can't turn that down.

At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.

From the moment Arsenal made an approach, everything was clear for me. I'm not going to lie, I thought it would happen later in my career. But joining such a club at 19, any player would like that.

I had always said I will like to play for Milan at some stage in my career, so when the opportunity came up, I grabbed it with both hands.

I have great respect for the Premier League, but why leave Milan? I've got everything I want here.

There are so many clubs that have shown an interest in my services.

Chelsea is a top club, and I have many friends there, but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United.