False Nine Quotes

I started my career as a No 9. I know how to play as a No 9.

Muller is part No. 7 and part No. 9, a second striker. But in Ancelotti's system, there is no room for that type of player.

I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.

Mostly as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker, but I grew a lot when I was 15 or 16.

Nolito is not a left winger - he is a central player.

Trequartista is an important position in the team.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

I wasn't your average striker because I didn't play as an out-and-out centre-forward.

The most important thing is to help the team to come in front of the goal with one-two passes, I drop down, or I give them space, because for defenders, it's always difficult to have a false nine because they don't have a direct player against them, so they don't know exactly what to do.

The No.10 position is my favourite role.

The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.

I would like to do what Cristiano has done: start wide and go into the middle as a No. 10 or 9.

In this system, I've always played in the position behind the striker. I also don't enjoy being classed as a striker - I don't see myself as one.

I am a typical No 9.