Dele Alli Quotes

Growing up I've been playing as an attacking midfielder, more central in the midfield. I wouldn't say if I'm most comfortable there but that's where I grew up playing.

I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.

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

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play in that position and there is nothing new for me.

I've played at centre-half plenty of times before.

I like to play wide, but as a youth, I played more in the middle as a 10.

I like playing deeper, but I'm not Casemiro.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position.

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.

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.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

That's soccer. There are good games and others that aren't so much.

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.

I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.

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.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

Muller is a winner for Germany and expects to score big goals in big games, especially with his late runs from behind the striker.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

There are strikers all over the world who wouldn't get the goals if they didn't have a creative midfielder or someone that enjoys making assists.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

Sometimes when you play on the wing it gets a bit isolated and you can't help as much. But if you play a bit more central I can get the ball a lot more and help a lot more.