Wingers Quotes

I've always felt wingers, more than any type of player, can change a game.

At United, we like to have wingers who give the team width and pace.

My perfect formation would be 4-3-3 with one holding and then the two going forward. I would be one of the ones going forward.

Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.

Ronaldo is different from Messi. He is very impressive down the wings.

I like Sevilla's attacking style. That is why I chose them.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

I just want to be able to be an attacking influence and have that effect further up the pitch; whether that's from an attacking midfield position or one of the wider positions coming in, I'm not too fussed.

I thrive on quick players getting to the byline and sending over crosses. I just have to be quick enough to get on the end of things. In that regard, my job has always been the same, but if we have more wide, quick players, that can only be good for me.

In attack, I can play in every position.

I have a natural connection with Romelu. We stay most days after training and meet up to practice my crosses and him getting on the end of them. He is a top player, and he takes up the best positions for an old-fashioned winger like myself.

There's players around the world that get assists from number 10s or wingers.

I think the Brazil system is similar to the one we use at Liverpool, with lots of movement, players open out wide, and quality midfielders who join the attack and score goals.

I came from Ajax where you play 4-3-3 and as a winger they didn't want you to defend.

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

In the Premier League you need creative players to open games up.

The top coaches want wide strikers who cut inside. They want playmaking midfielders who can play between the lines as well as perform their defensive duties.

Against a team who are tight inside their area, you look to find combinations, the center with the wings or with shots from outside the box.

Barcelona and Real Madrid wingers, these are the big players at the big clubs and you have to watch them. They are at a top level. I'm not going to say they inspire me, but I take things from them.

In my period at Chelsea, I was sometimes the one who switched sides because we were playing with two left-footed guys on the wings with myself and Damian Duff.

For me it's more difficult to play against the quicker wingers, but for the team it's perhaps more difficult to face players that are good passers, because one through ball can take the whole team out of the game.

It's different to play midfielder and striker or No. 10, but I enjoy all the positions I can play.

The only gambling I do is on a Saturday afternoon when I might put on two wingers or two strikers.

When I play against a winger, because I'm a winger myself, I understand what they are going to do before they try and go past me, so it makes it a lot easier for me.

When I was younger, I had two players: Luke Shaw and Gareth Bale. When Shaw was at Southampton, he was a left-back, and I loved watching him bomb up and down the wing, create goals, score goals, so I think I try to emulate that. Gareth Bale - same thing, really.