Philipp Lahm Quotes

If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.

I have friends who play for Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were unbelievable players. You cannot compare yourself to them. It is impossible. Scholes especially, I like him a lot, and I have a lot of respect for what he did for United.

You look at Man United and Liverpool, and they are red - they are much more successful and have a bigger fan base than Chelsea or Manchester City.

England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!

I'm very happy to have already been welcomed into the LFC family, I'm a part of history having won the Champions League and hopefully we keep making history.

I was a Barcelona fan. My favorite player was Ronaldinho. But I watched a lot of English football and admired lots of English teams.

I want to aspire to titles. Liverpool will always be a big club, but we are not at the level of Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, or Arsenal.

When I was in Spain, I always thought about the best teams in the world, and maybe the biggest and most-supported club is Manchester United.

It is important to keep Manchester United on top of the world.

If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.

Man Utd have always been the glamour team, always been the team that attracted attention even when they were not winning things.

During the Sir Alex Ferguson years, you would see all those great players - Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo, to name just a few - and you'd quickly realise why Old Trafford had an aura like nowhere else.

I hope we can put Manchester United back where they deserve to be.

I started at Benfica: not as big but one of the biggest clubs in Portugal. I've played for Real Madrid. Then I moved to Manchester United, from a giant to another giant.

I had the chance to go to Manchester United and other teams in the Premier League.

Liverpool is one of the superpowers of world football.

We know Manchester United's history and the fact the club is known for winning trophies.

To play at Chelsea is a dream for any player. It is standing next to some of the best players in the world and competing with the world's best as well.

If I ever leave Fiorentina, I would very much like to go to Manchester United because out of the three best teams in Europe - United, Lazio, and Barcelona - Manchester, in my opinion, is the best.

The pressure will always be there at United, and David Moyes will have to win games and win trophies. He will do that.

I think that if a player wants to be at the very top, he needs to win the Champions League and league titles. That's what makes the great players truly great.

I've always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.

Every club has legends, and at Barcelona, Cruyff and Pep are going to be spoken about forever, knowing what they've achieved and in what style.

Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.