Frenkie de Jong Quotes

Look at all of the pitchers getting six- and seven-year deals at 30, 31, and 32. You see what's going on and the money that's out there. You'd be a fool not to try to benefit from that, or at least try to get what you feel you're worth.

I would have been happy to play in Holland for a big club, but I can see the point of selling me to an English club. It's very simple: Dutch clubs are not going to spend £16m on a player like me.

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

To be realistic, the big Dutch clubs cannot afford me. That's not because of my wages; it's the transfer fee.

In the face of a big offer, no player is not for sale.

As far as I know, Mr. Watzke has not said he would sell me if somebody offered 100m. He has emphasised that the club would like to continue working with me. The club is just greedy for success - and so am I.

Juventus rejected an offer from Barcelona for me. It was a big offer, and that means I'm an important player for the club, and I have to thank them for that.

My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it's just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you.

I'm very happy to have been a one-club man, but I wouldn't shoot down guys who have gone off and played in multiple clubs either because, essentially, it is an earning that people are after.

The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.

Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.

I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never received that, and that's not ever going to happen. So I'm fine with what I have, I make good money, and I'm happy about it.

Nowadays there are too many players who can't get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money.

I believe a lot of players that start to think about money - 'Oh my goodness; I'm up for a new contract' - they don't have a great season because they're thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

I can hardly think of any players that have really walked out of their own volition while there were still teams that really wanted them at a fair price.

If I'm forced to leave West Ham, it will be done according to the rules - the club will have its share of the cake.

I can bring Neymar to Real Madrid.

I'm not going to change me just for some extra money.

It's true that I had two different offers from Chinese football, but I stayed in England in order to give myself the opportunity. To go there would have been the easiest way, because it was a great offer, but I wanted to stay.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

When a striker does well it is normal that he is courted by other teams.