Top 50 Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

I was only one year at Newcastle, but that time there meant a lot to me. I met some great people who helped me to play good games in the Premier League, and it was because of them I got the move to Liverpool.

For Feyenoor,d the biggest game is Ajax, but if Sparta are going to play for the title, then that will be the biggest game. It depends how both teams are doing.

Before I signed for Liverpool, I was playing for Newcastle as a No. 10 – basically, I was always attacking. I didn’t have to do much defensive work; I didn’t play as the No. 6 or the No. 8.

I can play in different positions, and if I can do what I’m good at, score goals, show how good I can play football, then it’s OK with me.

I am happy at PSV, but I am a player with a lot of ambition.

I have to be honest: in my career, I’ve really had to fight to come in the middle again. A lot of managers told me, ‘You are way more comfortable as a winger than as a midfielder,’ but I always kept my trust and confidence in what I knew about my qualities.

If you want to compete for the Premier League title, you need to win ugly sometimes.

We play for Liverpool. It is always our intention to win. All the players here want to compete at the top and win. The manager does not have to say to us, ‘We want to win a trophy.’

Van Gaal is a teacher, pays attention to everything you do, but Hiddink is more linked to the players. He gives more freedom than Van Gaal, but I worked with both of them pretty well.

To follow in the footsteps of Dirk Kuyt would be sensational. He triumphed at Feyenoord and has had great success at Liverpool.

I like Liverpool. I like the club, and I like the fans. The people appreciate me. That’s the most important thing.

I saw Spurs as being a very good fit for me – but we were unable to agree financial terms with them… With hindsight, though, that was not a disaster.

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, ‘No, you’re not a defender. You should be in midfield.’ That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.

I’ve always scored through the years, no matter who I’ve played for.

I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.

Of course I want to score.

It would be absolutely fantastic to play at Real Madrid together with my friend Royston Drenthe.

It doesn’t matter who you play – you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.

Pochettino is a terrific manager if you look at the way his teams play.

Everyone in the Champions League has quality.

You will always learn from games. But every game is not the same, not the same emotion.

You can lose games, but when you look back on the games you lose, you must be, ‘Okay, we lost, but we did everything to win it.’

I was sad when Van Gaal left the national team, but I was also sad when Hiddink left.

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he’s a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He’s a good person, always trying to help players out.

At a club like Liverpool, you have to win everything possible, and you have to play for both – the Premier League and the Champions League.

You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

I don’t care what other people say about me. I know what I’m capable of.

When a lot of players come to a club, it can be difficult to gel because you don’t know each other properly.

Every game is different.

During the season, you have to grow.

I can play in a lot of different positions; I can do a lot of things.

Some games don’t go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.

The more you are together as a team, the better you become.

I want to play in a stronger league than the Eredivisie.

As a player, I have this feeling – and I think every player thinks this – that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, ‘I will give 100%.’

Anfield comes alive on big European nights.

You have better players and teams in England, and for myself, it is better to play in a better league against better players.

Everything is possible in football.

I think I’ve shown I have the defensive discipline to play deep as the No.6 and start the build ups with my passing. I can also play higher up the pitch and make a difference in the opposition area. Being able to do both has helped me to play so many games.

You want to be able to look back and feel you were part of Liverpool’s great history – win something here, and they will always remember you.

Liverpool is a great club.

I like to score goals, as, back in the day, I was used to scoring goals.

It’s always a blow for a team if important players get injured or suspended.

If you look at the difference games between the bigger and smaller teams, the difference in concentration, and being passive is big; that is my opinion.

You want to play against the best and beat the best.

Every game is a new game, and anything can happen.

With my quality, I feel I can bring a lot to a team that I will join. I want to show it in the big leagues: England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France.

I’m quite a shy person, but I know I’m a good football player. That’s just the way I am. That’s the way I grew up. My grandmother brought me up, and she is the same way. She’s understated, but she knows what she’s worth.

It makes it easier for you to play more often and it makes it easier for the manager if he has players who can be used in different positions.