Club Decision Quotes

When you leave a club like Liverpool, you have to go somewhere you'll feel comfortable and progress as a player. To come to Stoke was an easy decision.

If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.

It will be difficult to finish my career here. I don't know if I am going to end it at Barcelona, although I would like to. I don't know what is going to happen.

Just because a club says a player is not for sale, it doesn't necessarily mean that.

Chelsea was the most difficult time. In the middle of the season, I already knew that I wouldn't play again, because the club had decided I wouldn't play. It was a frustrating decision because I felt rather good, and I thought that I could contribute something.

You don't have to be too clever to know that if Barcelona loaned me to another team, it's because they have little interest in me.

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.

A player's mind, body and soul have to be right to get the best out of them, and if a player no longer wants to be at a club then the club should try and get the best deal they can and let the player move on.

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.

I chose City because of the huge interest in me. Sevilla hadn't won a trophy for a couple of years, so it was a good moment to leave.

Every player is free to decide over their future, just like the clubs can decide who they keep.

Juventus' supporters called for Conte, however this is not the reason why the club signed him. I can explain it better: fans are obviously very important, but thinking that Juventus managers follow their moods would be wrong.