Games Quote by Dele Alli

I've played midfield my whole life.

— Mason Mount

When I was switching around in my early stages, people underestimated how difficult it was just to go from playing centre midfield to right-back…

— Phil Jones

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

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

— Cafu

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play…

— Nemanja Matic

When I played in the Benfica youth teams, they would always call me to play in midfield if someone was missing and I didn't…

— Ederson

At school, I was always a central midfielder from a young age. Then, when I joined Villa at 16, the pre-season didn't go too…

— Gareth Barry

When the manager asks me to play somewhere, I play there. But my best position is midfield.

— Marouane Fellaini

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

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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…

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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

— Jordan Henderson