Daniel Sturridge Quotes

I was very close to joining Manchester United.

Alisson arrives at Liverpool with much more experience than De Gea had when he first went to United so I don't think there will be anyone out there who doesn't feel Alisson shouldn't be here.

When you hear Liverpool want you, you call your agent back in about five seconds.

Tottenham is the club that first gave me my opportunity to play in one of the strongest leagues in the world.

Once I came out of the First Division with Norwich, it was great.

Yes, in 1983, I had the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.

People just do not realise what a football life can be. Since 1968 I've never had more than a few weeks out of work, when I left Sheffield United and I have not had a Christmas.

My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career was in the lower divisions.

Despite all that has happened in his career since, one of the biggest regrets of my life in management is not taking Luis Suarez to Tottenham when we had the chance.

Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.

When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.

I've played for Liverpool's first-team pretty much every week for 16 years.

It was through the Hammerheads that I got a route into the professional game, via a trial at Sunderland from Mick McCarthy and then an invitation to come back to Carlisle in 2004.

I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West Ham had to offer and never regretted signing for them, I loved it straight away.

Newcastle was tough - the manager who'd signed me, Bobby Robson, got sacked three games into the season, so a new manager arrived, and I ended up going on loan again, to Aston Villa.

I want to be a Premier League player, a Liverpool player and an England player.

I signed for Ajax in 1989 when I was still at school.

It's strange, but I remember just before I moved to Hoffenheim that I had a dream about playing in England.

I have played for Ajax, Liverpool and Besiktas in Turkey - all massive clubs in Europe.

By working hard at Hoffenheim, I made it into the Selecao.

I left Bayern because I needed the game time.

Real Madrid's interest? Yes, it's true, Real Madrid were interested in me. It was an honour and pleasure for me, it means that I have worked well in these years.

They're great memories, not just as a footballer but as a person growing up - it sounds daft, but to come away from Liverpool to play the first-team football I needed. It's a fantastic place, a huge football club and they helped me a lot. I'm grateful for coming through there.

Liverpool followed me for a long time. When I arrived in the offices there, they showed me cassettes of me in the Under-15s. Everyone knew me. I couldn't believe it.

I had other offers, but Mourinho is Mourinho. It's exciting to work with him, he is the best coach in the world and I want to work with him for a long time.