Midfield Quotes

I played in central defence and at right-back and also in midfield.

— Marquinhos

If you have a good midfield, you have a good team.

— Casemiro

I've stepped into midfield and I'm enjoying that.

— Ben White

Pogba doesn't really want to play holding midfield.

— Darren Bent

The midfield picks itself - Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A N Other.

— Phil Neal

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

— Memphis Depay

When you play in midfield, you've got to have legs

— Steve Lomas

England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield.

— Mark Lawrenson

But I loved playing in midfield. In midfield you always have a sight of goal, you're always participating in all the plays.

— Cafu

Busquets reads everything. Players like Busquets or Xabi Alonso in midfield have the capacity to read the whole game.

— Diego Simeone

I'm a very versatile player, I have covered many midfield roles but my favourite one is the centre-midfield.

— Jorginho

The No 10 position is my favourite role, and I'm a player who likes to play in between the lines and try…

— James Maddison

I am always on YouTube watching midfield players getting in the box and scoring goals.

— Scott McTominay

Dominating the midfield is the most important thing in modern football. To succeed, you have to be good at everything.

— Toni Kroos

I've grown up playing in central midfield more, and I think my natural game is about coming inside from wide.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

I'm a centre forward, and that is my preferred position. But I'll play on the wing or in midfield, wherever the manager…

— Danny Welbeck

If you are playing on the left of a four-man midfield, there are a lot more defensive duties to do, so you…

— Danny Welbeck

I find it interesting as every year people say the midfield is as tight as ever but it is always tight, it…

— Nico Hulkenberg

I just want to be able to be an attacking influence and have that effect further up the pitch; whether that's from…

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting…

— Ruud van Nistelrooy

Pirlo is a cool customer who does things in his own time. On the pitch, he just looks so relaxed, no matter…

— Paul Scholes

That was always something I remember, playing in loads of different positions when I was younger, and learning about what it takes…

— Mason Mount

I am actually comfortable in every position in midfield. At Bayern Munich, I even played as a winger and sometimes a full-back,…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

In the Premier League it is difficult, the midfield is very congested; there is a lot of pressure and the game is…

— Fred

I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and…

— David Luiz

I would say I am more comfortable in the centre of midfield. But when you are at a big club like Liverpool,…

— Jordan Henderson

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not…

— Georginio Wijnaldum

I played a lot in midfield, I scored some goals, gave some assists, and then suddenly they said to me it would…

— Matthijs de Ligt

My favourite position is in the midfield. I think I can play to my strengths there. I can communicate with every player.…

— Joshua Kimmich

Busquets is a sitting midfield player who breaks up play, intercepts, passes it very quickly and is intelligent. That's what he is.…

— Sam Allardyce

When I first arrived at Chelsea, I was a striker but then moved to midfield for a couple of seasons. Then, when…

— Reece James

When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

I've played midfield my whole life.

— Mason Mount

In midfield, you are everywhere, you are part of everything.

— Rodri

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

— Michel Patini

Roy Hodgson destroyed me. He made me play in the centre of midfield.

— Roberto Carlos

Defensive midfield can be the one position that's easier to play as you get older.

— Gareth Barry

When I was at MK Dons, I played all the games in centre midfield, so it's not like it's new to me.

— Dele Alli

That defensive midfield role is almost a specified position since Makelele made it famous.

— Darren Fletcher

I don't like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield. You risk losing too much space.

— Gennaro Gattuso