Argentina Quote by Erik Lamela

I went to Italy as a 21-year-old when I could easily have stayed in Argentina, playing for the biggest club in the land, River…

— Hernan Crespo

I could go back to Argentina to live, but not to play.

— Willy Caballero

I do not have to return to Argentina because I feel more like a European player. Here I came very young and I left…

— Willy Caballero

I was happy to be in the Argentina league. Then I started to play slowly, and I went to Italy and I started in…

— Manu Ginobili

I made a lot of sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. But everything I did, I did for…

— Lionel Messi

I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.

— Gabriel Batistuta

I went abroad when I was 20, three years at Chelsea, a big club. Then two years at Madrid.

— Arjen Robben

I had wanted to play for Penarol since I was a boy. When I was young, I would go to their training ground, but…

— Diego Forlan

While I could still play in the Premier League, I really did not want to go abroad. I was not thinking about winding down…

— Gareth Barry

OK, I'm with my close family but I'm here to play football. I can't lie. If it weren't for that, I would be back…

— Erik Lamela

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving…

— Christen Press

I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices.…

— Lionel Messi