Club Quote by Marcel Desailly

When you go to a club abroad and play against one from your own country, you are part of the enemy.

— Didier Deschamps

If I was playing for my local club I'd want to play in exactly the same way as if I was playing for England…

— Joe Root

You cannot compare the way someone plays for a club and for a national team. At a club, you spend every day with the…

— Robert Pires

Playing for the national team is not the same as playing for your club.

— Niko Kovac

Clubs don't like their players going off to play international matches and you can see a scenario where they eventually start to make it…

— Michael Owen

I know some players who have played abroad. It was not always easy for them.

— Mario Gotze

At club level you have a lot of lads getting paid and stuff like that, but you would play for your country just for…

— Robert Snodgrass

For a national player it is a good thing to get experience playing abroad.

— Per Mertesacker

When I am playing for my country, there is not a single match that I can take lightly.

— Son Heung-min

If you end up at a superior club, you will play with world-class players all over the pitch.

— Frenkie de Jong

International matches are competitive and challenging, even for a normal player.

— P. R. Sreejesh

I have played international football myself.

— Chris Coleman