Gareth Barry Quotes

There's been a lot come through at Everton: Wayne Rooney, obviously, and lately, Victor Anichebe has made it, James Vaughan, and the likes of myself.

I want to have a lot of success with Everton.

Hopefully I will have a long career at Liverpool.

I have said in the past that I would be happy to see out my career at Chelsea. I moved here to play in the best league in the world with one of the strongest teams.

I've played for Liverpool's first-team pretty much every week for 16 years.

Chelsea have given me the opportunity to play in a top team with top players, so I will try to be as successful as possible here.

At 21, Real Madrid or Barcelona would have been more difficult for me. If I play well enough at Chelsea, I could win my place in the starting team, and my priority is to play.

To those who call me a mercenary I say that I also had interest from abroad, where I would have earned more. I have chosen Milan because, in my head, there is the idea of repeating the course I had at Juventus, where we had started rebuilding, as in this case, and we came to the top.

Going back to your country and playing for a big team and being able to enjoy playing La Liga would be a good thing for my career.

I don't know if I'll end my career here. Perhaps by the time I am 33, Lazio will be so successful that they need more important players than me.

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.

I hope I can develop here in the Premier League, and I hope I can be like those great legends one time in my career.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

I'm happy to stay at Chelsea as long as they're happy to have me.

I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further.

I wanted for nothing at Bayern, but the most important thing was always playing as much as I could.

My idea is to return to Spanish football, I want to play for a big club in La Liga, that would be great for my career.

Shakhtar specifically are proud when traditional clubs from Europe come knocking, and I knew it would be quite hard to convince them to let me join City. Listen, I am absolutely thankful for the opportunity they gave me, but I also think I worked my socks off for that club, and it was time to look after my career.

I wanted to play in the Premier League and Bolton offered me that opportunity at that time and that was why I signed for Bolton.

The opportunity to work with Antonio Conte, a brilliant coach, and some of the best players in the world was too good to turn down.

I had a fantastic career at Manchester United.

If all goes well, I can play for many years at Barcelona.

I'm very happy at Everton; it's a very good club with very good structure. The fans love the club and the players.

Just to be able to be at a club like Manchester United for so long when I first joined, you never know how it's going to turn out.

I've played for England Under-21s, in the Under-20 World Cup and I've been part of the play-offs in the Championship. But in terms of helping my career and getting me ready, going to Cheltenham Town was a massive experience.