Achilles Quote by John Barnes

I've played midfield my whole life.

— Mason Mount

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

— Cafu

Unfortunately, my football career wasn't very long. The reason I finished playing was because I fractured both ankles in a matter of months.

— Bradley Walsh

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

— Marquinhos

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

— Memphis Depay

I've stepped into midfield and I'm enjoying that.

— Ben White

Since I was a young boy, it was about playing football, always as a striker, never another position.

— Teemu Pukki

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 wanted to be a centre back but I was always stepping over the ball and playing one-twos.

— Patrick van Aanholt

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

— Marouane Fellaini

When I was young I was a striker, scoring lots of goals, then I moved to midfield, then defence. I like to attack.

— Reece James

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not a defender.…

— Georginio Wijnaldum