Player Attributes Quotes

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.

Josh Allen has a strong arm, we all know that... I've been around the league to know it's one of the stronger arms, but there a lot of guys with strong arms.

Pogba is a midfielder who has all the qualities. When you are a midfielder you normally have some special qualities but he has everything.

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

In my time at Arsenal, we had a really good balance. We had players who were fast, players who were really strong physically, and players who were really creative. When you look at the generation of Arsenal at the moment, they may be playing better football than we used to, but they win less than we used to - so, where's the balance?

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.

I'm not the tallest or biggest player, so I have to move my body more.

I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

You need guys who can run and throw.

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to a Spanish one, but not the same - and so on.

In every team I have played with, and of all of the attackers I have played with, each one was different.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.

I only ever call up the best players, or at least the players who are the most suited to the way I wish to play.

I think that's one of the things that intrigues people the most: my defensive versatility. My movement and mobility is something that piques everybody's interest.

It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.

I think the Premier League suits my game, but it also depends on who I have next to me because I need to be surrounded by players with certain characteristics.

'Seba' Veron was one of the best players I shared a dressing room with. Not only was he technically gifted and could pass the ball accurately over distance, not only could he anticipate where players would run, but he also ran himself.

Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything.

Jaelen Strong's big. He runs really good routes. He's got great hands.

I can score from 18 to 20 feet out, handle the ball, pass. I don't consider myself an old-school center.