Football Quotes by Jan Vertonghen

Everyone is happy to play for Tottenham.

— Jan Vertonghen

The FA Cup is very important.

— Jan Vertonghen

Central defence is my favourite position.

— Jan Vertonghen

The pace is unbelievable in the Premier League.

— Jan Vertonghen

Sometimes you have to take a draw.

— Jan Vertonghen

I think Tottenham is in a very good place.

— Jan Vertonghen

In Champions League home games, you expect to win.

— Jan Vertonghen

It's difficult to gel players.

— Jan Vertonghen

My favourite thing, what I want of course, is to play in the Champions League with Tottenham.

— Jan Vertonghen

Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garden, on the street.

— Jan Vertonghen

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

— Jan Vertonghen

The most important thing when I joined Ajax was to combine it with school.

— Jan Vertonghen

I'm a normal guy who wants to play games, whether it be the first, the 95th or the 97th of my international…

— Jan Vertonghen

I'm a big fan of the Premier League, but you can't say no when a club like Milan come knocking.

— Jan Vertonghen

When you don't play, you realise how important it is and it's extremely important for me.

— Jan Vertonghen

With all strikers, it's just about needing a bit of confidence.

— Jan Vertonghen

When you start at Ajax and you're six or seven years old, you're in the best team in the league - always.…

— Jan Vertonghen

Vermaelen is like a role model to me. His life is all about football and he's extremely disciplined. I'm more laid-back than…

— Jan Vertonghen

I chose Spurs and I think it's turned out well. I felt I was joining a great team, with great plans and…

— Jan Vertonghen

I get along well with at least 10 guys at Tottenham, but if I were to leave tomorrow, I'd get a text…

— Jan Vertonghen

At the start of my career, I had a problem focusing for 90 minutes, but that's the advantage of football: it's a…

— Jan Vertonghen

Benfica is a club of the people, with ambition domestically and in Europe and that was important to me, I really want…

— Jan Vertonghen

I'm not going to say the Dutch league is naive but they all play to win. In the Premier League, you have…

— Jan Vertonghen

Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are two of the best strikers in the league and the reason I came to the…

— Jan Vertonghen

Of course you have Messi and Ronaldo. And then you've got a lot of players who are very close to each other…

— Jan Vertonghen

Losing is a tough blow to take.

— Jan Vertonghen

I love the environment at Spurs.

— Jan Vertonghen

I want to play as many games as possible.

— Jan Vertonghen

Ajax is the best academy in the world.

— Jan Vertonghen

To be playing in a Champions League final is something to cherish.

— Jan Vertonghen

I want to play in Europe, as the national team is important for me.

— Jan Vertonghen

You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

— Jan Vertonghen

To play for a team in the Premier League would be amazing and that's what I am going for.

— Jan Vertonghen

I chose Spurs because they gave me a good feeling. I spoke to Daniel Levy and Rafael van der Vaart.

— Jan Vertonghen

Obviously the leagues are different. The Premier League is much more competitive than the Dutch league.

— Jan Vertonghen

I can play at left-back and I can help the team at times. But everyone knows I am not a left-back.

— Jan Vertonghen

It's flattering to be linked with clubs, the rumours give me confidence but I just try to do my best every game.

— Jan Vertonghen

I want to play in Europe and learn another language. Spain and Italy are options.

— Jan Vertonghen

The atmosphere in England is absolutely amazing and I'd be delighted to play in the Premier League.

— Jan Vertonghen

Adama Traore and Diogo Jota are incredibly fast and difficult to stop.

— Jan Vertonghen