Club Quote by Paul Merson

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

— David Essex

I was a footballer for a long, long time.

— David Moyes

I worked hard to be a professional footballer.

— Darren Fletcher

I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted.

— Granit Xhaka

I came to Dortmund as a normal football player, and I am still a normal football player. It doesn't change.

— Erling Haaland

I am really proud to HAVE been an Arsenal player.

— Cesc Fabregas

When I was a young kid, I never expected to play for Arsenal or England.

— Ashley Cole

It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer.

— Lucas Moura

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

— Declan Rice

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make it as…

— Stuart Dallas

I wanted to play for Arsenal.

— Martin Kemp

I was a street footballer.

— Riyad Mahrez