Serie A Quotes

Juventus is a huge club. I followed the team since I was young.

Playing for Juventus is something you dream about when you're a kid.

There was an offer from Tottenham when I was leaving Spain to go to Milan, and at the time, I chose to go to Milan because of their history and tradition in the world of football.

I think when I played at Juventus, that was the best team.

I've always believed that when you play for Juve, the goal at the start of the year is to win the title and a lot of trophies.

When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

People know who Carlo Ancelotti is. He's a man with a lot of experience.

Torino is a city that breathes football.

I don't see too many differences between Serie A and the Premier League. Both are unpredictable leagues, where anything can happen.

I think of Milan every day, really. I was really happy at Milanello. I love the team, the staff, everybody who works there. I love the fans. I miss Milan badly, I miss Italy. I don't miss a single [Milan] game, and I don't understand those that say that Calcio is in difficulty. It's so competitive and complete.

Milan are the most glorious Italian club.

Kevin Hitchcock, the goalkeeping coach at QPR, is an old mate, and I came to work for him on the understanding that I was first choice. If he'd said to me, 'We're also going to sign someone who's won Serie A five times and the Champions League and is one of the biggest names in South American football,' I would have thought twice before signing.

I'd love to see Balotelli at Juventus. I think he can become the best.

I do feel the obligation and desire to win the Scudetto with Juventus, and obviously everybody wants to win the Champions League.

There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.

AC Milan will always be a great team.

Playing against an Italian team is harder than all the other leagues. The Italians won't score lots of goals, but they won't concede many, either.

When it became clear that I couldn't stay at Bayern I thought about going to play in Spain or Italy. Fiorentina came forward, they were looking for a striker, and everything happened very quickly.

Paolo Di Canio was my all-time hero.

Juventus is a great club.

Sure it's a dream to coach Napoli as well as the national team.

My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when I left.

I think Sassuolo are a serious club who play great football, keeping the ball, and are almost Spanish in style.

I remember when I was first time in Serie A, we were down the bottom, no one was speaking about Cagliari. And we were safe, one day before the final match. With Parma, we went down, but we were positive right to the end. There are the little details, but you have to continue.

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.