Top 50 Emre Can Quotes

Jurgen Klopp does have a winning mentality; he is hungry for titles.

I came to Leverkusen as a very young player and didn’t have many Bundesliga games back then. I wasn’t well known.

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

Everyone who knows me knows my respect for women: equality and respect.

It’s true, I had a lot of offers from very good teams, but I decided Juventus because I think the project is very big, and they have very big aims, and I want to be a part of the big project here.

I’m happy, of course, when I can score and help the team.

Really, the club is like a big family. The locker-room spirit is also similar to what I had experienced at Liverpool, but I really like it here at Juventus, because it’s not just a set of champions. The sense of a team, the group, is strongly felt.

You can learn being off the pitch. If you are sitting in the stands, you can see how the whole team plays.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

I think all coaches have their own way of doing things.

The Premier League is just a really cool league, the most interesting in the world, but you must always respect other big clubs and leagues.

I know Schweinsteiger very well, and I used to play with him. He’s a very good guy and a legend.

A piece of my heart will always be with Liverpool.

Sadio is a world-class player. He has so many qualities. He’s a very strong player; he’s a very quick player. He’s always scoring goals and creating chances for the team.

It feels good to get to a final, but it makes no sense when you lose, so you have to win the final.

I’m trying to get the best out of myself.

You can only advise young players to make the step to Liverpool.

When we lose the ball, we look to win it back as soon as possible. But you can’t do it alone; you have to do it all together.

Everybody knows that Jurgen Klopp is a great manager and a great guy as well.

I am a completely different player to Ballack and Schweinsteiger. I admire the careers they have had – I hope mine will be like theirs – but I am not the same.

The big teams will want to avoid Liverpool. Everyone knows we are a very strong side.

I’m doing great in England.

Of course, sometimes you are tired and everything, but I think the most important thing is the mentality – if you say you are fit and want to go, then you can go every game.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

It is always better to play and be on the pitch.

I think you are wrong if you play a Champions League game, and you don’t find motivation.

Steven Gerrard doesn’t play because his name is Steven Gerrard. He plays because of what he brings in terms of performances. If that wasn’t the case, he wouldn’t play. He is as good as he was, and I have learned a lot from him.

You always have to believe in yourself! I think that is the most important thing.

I’ve developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

It’s not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.

If you play for Liverpool, for such a big club, it is always the target: it has to be always to win silverware.

My goal is to play a lot, more often, and to be a leader.

Juventus has always tried to win the Champions League.

Football is like that – sometimes you have good times, sometimes you have bad times.

When you play football, you have to do a lot of running.

I want to make it very clear that I have nothing at all against Bayern. They gave me lot of good things, a good education, and it was my decision to leave.

I want to play injury-free.

Without being disrespectful to Leverkusen, playing for Liverpool helps me more because I am playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I have no regrets making this step.

Any move is a risk. Nothing is guaranteed in football.

Jurgen Klopp is certainly a great coach. I think he has demonstrated at Dortmund that he can suit any team in the world.

I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.

My first aim is to stay healthy and help the team.

I know, when I am fit and pain-free, I am confident.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time – which is always different to training – I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

It’s difficult to go out when there is a match every third day. There isn’t that much time – it’s either preparation or recovery – and I would rather spend my time with friends at home.

I am happy at Liverpool.

It is always difficult, if you win against City, everybody expects it to be an easy win, but it will not be easy. It will be very difficult.

I want to become a world-class player.

When you play constantly for strong sides, then the pressure is always on you.

I always say the Premier League is the best in the world, and I still feel it is an honour to be playing here, but I think English football suits my game. Football is more physical here; the ref is not whistling every foul.