Division Quote by Dimitri Payet

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They…

— Riyad Mahrez

I had spent four years at Le Havre, and when they told me they weren't keeping me, because I wasn't good for the second…

— Dimitri Payet

With Didier we'd started out together at Nantes, won the Champions League at Marseille and stayed in touch when he was with Juventus and…

— Marcel Desailly

When I was six, I joined FC Schifflange 95, a first-division team in Luxembourg. They knew I had talent, but I knew only hard…

— Miralem Pjanic

To be honest, I started playing for Belgium in the youth team stages. As a kid, Belgium was all I knew. We played football…

— Divock Origi

I was 14 when I arrived at Real Sociedad. No team wanted me in France. I trialled for around eight clubs, and then Real came.

— Antoine Griezmann

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

— Aaron Ramsey

I made my debut very early and a lot of things happened to me at a young age, but I was there for the…

— Bojan Krkic

I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.

— Samuel Eto'o

My father moved to Belgium to play in the first division. He was a very good player, someone I looked up to, but he…

— Andreas Pereira

At 13, Stade Rennais came to sign me, and the whole family moved to Rennes. I wanted my family to follow me and be…

— Ousmane Dembele

When I was 17 Sevilla came for me. At 18 Valencia, at 19 Villareal before Barcelona.

— Davinson Sanchez