Change Quote by Paul Merson

Centre-backs with good technique can move the ball forward, even when under pressure.

— Thiago Silva

I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. He was strong and scored loads of goals, and…

— Diego Costa

Centre-backs usually get criticised for clearing the ball long, but it's easier doing this than risking a pass. If you lose the ball at…

— Thiago Silva

In football, everything can change.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep…

— Tyrone Mings

I'm a centre forward and if I put the ball in the net off my back, my shoulder, my backside, an overhead kick, whatever,…

— Andy Carroll

As a young centre-forward, if I'm to look along the line of top centre-forwards, I would look at Robert Lewandowski and study his game…

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

His football does not seem to suffer by all of this going on around him. You look at his passing and he makes it…

— Graham Taylor

It's important for a striker to play in a position which is natural for him.

— Edinson Cavani

I've always said it, and the whole football world knows that Cavani is a centre-forward and that he has proven his worth in that…

— Edinson Cavani

There are always things we can improve on, but that is normal in football.

— Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Any footballer who understands space and time and positioning can become a better player because he knows how to receive the ball alone with…

— Quique Setien