Always Quote by Claudio Ranieri

As a young player, I played up front, on the wing, in midfield, and when I started in the reserves at Standard Liege, I…

— Marouane Fellaini

I've always been a centre-half, to be honest.

— Chris Smalling

I love the English spirit because when I was a player, I was an Englishman: I was fighting, and you had to kill me…

— Claudio Ranieri

For England, I play centre-half. I enjoy it. You face all the best strikers in the world. I enjoy the challenge.

— Lucy Bronze

To be honest, from England Under-16s, through the 17s and 18s, really all the way through my youth career, I played at centre-half. For…

— Jack Rodwell

I've played at centre-half plenty of times before.

— Jack Rodwell

I remember, when I arrived in England, a lot of people said that my style of play was not for England.

— Gerard Pique

I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal.

— Aymeric Laporte

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

— Marquinhos

I haven't played a lot as a centre-back, but in those games, I feel like I did well.

— Fabinho

I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time alongside some…

— Alastair Cook

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so…

— Ross Barkley