Back Quote by Dwight Gayle

I was lucky to get a professional contract. I wasn't that sort of talent that is considered to be a professional player.

— Per Mertesacker

I am professional, won a Champions League, silver at the World Cup, I achieved big things in football and don't deserve to go anywhere…

— Dejan Lovren

The two years out on loan were about trying to get experience and work as hard as I could to make sure when I…

— Mason Mount

I have a very good contract at Chelsea, but Dortmund really wanted me.

— Olivier Giroud

I did a lot of growing up on loan, personally and mentally, which has helped me adapt to life in the Premier League.

— Aaron Ramsdale

I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.

— Ronald Koeman

I had considered giving up but my desire and passion were too strong. I wanted to make it as professional footballer and now I'm…

— Lorenzo Insigne

I played for West Ham juniors and thought I'd become a professional footballer.

— David Essex

I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine…

— Kyle Walker

I was out on loan at Barnsley when United accepted an offer for me from Leicester and that was it really. I just had…

— Danny Drinkwater

I always believed I was a Premier League player, but in the first few months when I wasn't getting a game I started to…

— Michail Antonio

I spoke to Eddie Howe and Jason Tindall and I think the major thing for me was well-documented, I missed the bus one time…

— Aaron Ramsdale