For Argentina I'm a central midfielder. Always have been and always will be.
I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.
I am a central midfielder, and that's where I like to be.
At school, I was always a central midfielder from a young age. Then, when I joined Villa at 16, the pre-season didn't go too well, so they looked at me as a centre-half.
In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn’t give possession away. If he had been Spanish then maybe he would have been valued more.
Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.
In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES
Nolito is not a left winger - he is a central player.
Trequartista is an important position in the team.
I have been playing box-to-box more for Everton as a two, so I have felt comfortable in that position, but anywhere across the midfield I can play.
One day I won't play for Barcelona. I'll go and play somewhere else, and I'm sure I'll do so as a central midfielder. That's what I'll try to do because it's the position I like.
My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.
The No.10 position is my favourite role.
I'm not your normal central midfielder.
I am a striker or at least a playmaker behind the front man, certainly not a wide man. But with Rome and Milan, I was only playing on the wings.
For two or three years I played on the wing, when I went to Boulogne in 2011, I started playing in the middle as a central midfielder.
It is well known I prefer to play through the middle, so when I get my opportunity, I just want to show what I can do.
