Defender Quote by Matthijs de Ligt

At Ajax, I got an education in how to be confident on the ball, my technique, and then, at Atletico, I learned how to…

— Toby Alderweireld

I played for Barcelona, for Ajax, where it's important to develop and integrate young talent.

— Edgar Davids

When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had…

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I learned a lot from my three coaches at Juventus. Man-marking from Maurizio Sarri, playing out from the back from Andrea Pirlo, and 'pure…

— Matthijs de Ligt

I was very young in the past at Arsenal, at Real Madrid as well.

— Nicolas Anelka

I had nice years at Ajax, wonderful years with Milan, and won something with the national team.

— Marco van Basten

It was a winning team and there were lots of important footballing lessons that I learned in Juventus.

— David Trezeguet

In Holland, I have got the buzz back playing as a centre-forward, which is where I perform best. Ajax always appealed to me from…

— Bojan Krkic

When I arrived here I was playing alongside great players, Real Madrid legends who never stopped trying to get better in every training session…

— Vinicius Junior

When I was a little boy, I watched Chelsea, Marseille and Real Madrid.

— Edouard Mendy

I came to Juventus with the idea of playing more attacking football, because Sarri was the coach and he had a really good name…

— Matthijs de Ligt

When I left Ajax in 1999, I travelled to Liverpool and spoke to Houllier. I was shown around Anfield and also met with the…

— Edwin van der Sar