Footballer of the Year Quotes

If the Ballon d'Or was fair, Xavi would have won five or six. He deserves all the respect in the world.

When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

My favourite England player is Harry Kane.

To get the PFA Player of the Year is a fantastic honour. It's the highest honour you can get because it's voted by your fellow peers.

Vincent Janssen has come in and done very well. He's a great player and different type of player to me.

It would be great to be the Pichichi.

[ Won the 2015 African Player of the Year]meant everything to me. It was the first time a footballer from Gabon was elected Africa's Footballer of the Year. Even for the Bundesliga, it was something no African player had ever achieved. It still makes me incredibly proud and the happiest person on the planet.

Winning titles plays a big role in the Ballon d'Or race.

I deserved to win the Ballon d'Or.

The Ballon d'Or doesn't interest me any more.

Eden Hazard is my favourite.

I was very proud to win the PFA trophy because usually an attacker or a midfielder wins it.

History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year there is normally always a forward who steals the headlines up front.

Anything like having a good season at home for the club, or going as far as you can and having a great Champions League, has its repercussions when it comes to the Balon D'Or winner.

I would not switch Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson for any other player in Norway.