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I really wanted to play in the Premier League, which I’d been watching since I was a youngster every Saturday or Sunday before I’d go and play for Rosario Central.
Man United under Fergie were about winning Champions League titles and winning Premier League titles.
We know the Premier League is a spectacular league. We would like to play there, but if you take all the positives and all the negatives, it’s very difficult to leave Barcelona. If you feel at home and you’re from Barcelona it’s difficult to change.
Obviously the leagues are different. The Premier League is much more competitive than the Dutch league.
My ambition is to win the Champions League one day with Tottenham, or the Premier League.
We have to do everything that we possibly can to get back to winning the Premier League. We are not successful until we do. Second is not success, we have to win the Premier League.
The Premier League is the toughest league in the world, so it’s never going to be easy to get minutes.
I’ve said it plenty of times before, I do believe Molineux is the best place in the Premier League to play football. The atmosphere’s incredible.
I’m happy in the Premier League.
Football wasn’t invented until the Premier League, we all know that.
I don’t agree that there are big teams and small teams in the Premier League. There are just a lot of good teams.
I think, increasingly, people will define success as staying in the League, being a stable Premier League club that treats its fans to good football every year.
The Premier League is the best league in the world; it’s so strong. The smaller teams love to try their chances against the big ones, and this is why the game goes back and forth. That can be strenuous, tough on you and your body, but I really love it.
I think Sarri has grown a lot and learned a lot in the Premier League.
Of course, the Premier League is one of the trophies we want to win and I think to win the Europa League would be good for the mentality of winning trophies and fighting with the top clubs.
I like the Premier League.
It’s difficult for an Asian to play in the Premier League.
The Champions League and the Premier League are now both huge, but the tradition and history of the FA Cup is still very special.
I watch every game in the Premier League and I like the ambience and culture of football in England.
The way the Premier League is now we have a lot of foreign players. A lot of very good foreign players.
I’m 23, and I have played in the Premier League, in La Liga and in Italy.
The titles are important forever; it doesn’t matter when you win. They keep you motivated to win the Premier League and the Champions League.
It’s crazy because I did say to myself at the age of 16 that I want to be in the Premier League at 24. When I got to the Premier League at 24 with Palace, there were tears in my eyes.
I don’t know if every player in the Premier League feels hurt when they lose a game. The right sort is very important. I was naive in thinking that everyone was like me.
I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.
It’s really great to see all the people who’ve become involved in building up the Premier League, especially in the States.
I’d love to get into the Premier League with Leeds.
It’s hard to get a chance in the Premier League for an English keeper.
You can only go so far in the Premier League before you have to spend.
I think, for everyone who wants to get to the highest level, you have to be in the Premier League, of course.
My head has just been all about wanting to play regular football in the Premier League.
I’ve had to work so hard in my career to get to this point, from leaving City and going to the Championship to work my way back up. I believed I could do it, and I’m grateful to Burnley and Tottenham for letting me do it in the Premier League.
Everybody knows the Premier League is so difficult, we have to think step by step.
I always say it must not be an obsession to win the Champions League. It’s a very important title and beautiful to do it. But you must not try to win the Champions League and lose focus on the Premier League.
You realise you have to be physically strong when you come to the Premier League because it is a very intensive league.
First of all, I think it is not easy to win a title in the Premier League, as you have really good teams here.
I’ve learned to adapt to the pace of the English game and a different style of football in the Premier League.
The Premier League is a circus, it’s constantly changing. It’s full of emotion, ups and downs, unpredictability and this makes it the spectacle that it is.
Obviously, the Champions League and Premier League are the biggies, and obviously, if you could win any, it would be one of those two.
Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season.
We all know the Premier League is a competitive league and that every game is competitive.
It’s difficult to make predictions in the Premier League, as unpredictable things can happen, and I know that well: I won the title in a crazy way and lost one unexpectedly.
The Premier League is so difficult.
The Premier League is a championship that amazes me. I like the playing style and the teams.
I watch the Premier League every weekend. I think it’s fantastic. One thing you notice is that the teams considered small are capable of surprising the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and City.
I’ve been the captain of a Premier League club, and I’ve coached some of the best players in the world.
Jose Mourinho has experience of Premier League football and winning the title. He’s a European Cup-winning manager so he knows what it is all about.
It is up to me whether I continue to stay a Premier League player or just get caught up in the lights and fall back but I am sure that will not be the case.
Playing at the top level in the Premier League – that’s where I strive to be.
It’s difficult in the Premier League.
Everyone told me the Premier League is the hardest. So I just wanted to try because I had nothing to lose.
The quality of goalkeepers is very good in the Premier League – and you have to be good at using your feet.
My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career was in the lower divisions.
It’s a dream to play in Europe, the Premier League, the Champions League. It’s a big gift from God.
I want to prove myself in the Premier League.
I always had a dream of coming here to play in the Premier League so, for me, it’s a dream come true.
I’m very lucky to go back to my old club, my old home, my old house. To start my new chapter in this second part of my life in the Premier League is going to be something happy. I have very good memories from those four years in Manchester.
It’s pretty hard to predict anything when talking about the Premier League because of the liabilities the teams and the players have when playing in the Champions League and the other cups, too.
In a way getting fired up for these matches is what makes the Premier League the hardest tournament for me. Knowing I can lose and still be in the tournament probably makes me relax too much sometimes.
I have always followed Arsenal in the Premier League. At some points they were really good, but also had some difficulties like a lot of big clubs do.
It’s a dream for every football player to play in the Premier League; the atmosphere, the stadiums are always full.
You look at the guys playing in the Premier League, and they’ve got such quality.
I firmly believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and when Norwich came in for me, I made the step because I believe that Norwich can kick on again.
I don’t see too many differences between Serie A and the Premier League. Both are unpredictable leagues, where anything can happen.
I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.
I’m looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I’m definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club.
The owners of the Premier League sides are like in the NBA, they’re not millionaires, they’re billionaires.
I’ve won a lot of trophies – like the FA Youth Cup and the reserves league a couple of times – but it would top it off to win the Premier League with the first team.
Everything about the Premier League is wonderful, even when you get beat.
You must be in supreme physical condition. If your body isn’t right, you cannot play in the Premier League.
To be a Premier League player is something that not everyone can say; even some of the best players in the world can’t say that!
I want to score 15-20 goals a season in the Premier League. I want to be up there doing that. I know that I can do that.
If you’re lucky enough to get into a Premier League or Championship team straight away, well done to you, but I feel really grateful for the experience that I had at the lower end.
When I left the club, I said in an interview that my chapter with Borussia Dortmund was not over. I just wanted to realize my dream of playing in the Premier League.
If you are the coach of Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Real Madrid, the chances to win something are huge. When you go to the Premier League, you have six, seven, eight teams who are fighting to win.
With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that – fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.
Gilberto is a top guy and his advice means a lot to me. He played in the same position as I do and he won the Premier League, so I look to him for inspiration, I listen to what he has to say and I take on board what he tells me.
Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?
In India, people are really glued to the Premier League and La Liga.
People may think that I just want to manage in the Premier League but I’m prepared to go to a non-league club, and if they can’t pay me a salary just pay me a win bonus. I’m up for that.
The disappointment of getting relegated from the Premier League is an awful time for anybody as a footballer.
In my first year, I won the Premier League, and two cups after that, so I learned a lot from my experience in England, and I think it was all positive.
Cardiff is one of the smallest Premier League venues, but it’s a good atmosphere and everything is so close. Obviously me being Welsh is even better.
I want to improve myself; I believe I can be a big player in the Premier League.
I love London! But the thing I love the most is the Premier League.
English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don’t have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.
City are playing for first place in the Premier League, and that is what I want.
The Premier League is the place to be.
To win the Premier League proves you are a top team.
Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it’s so even. I think you can’t really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League, every team can beat every team, and in football, that’s something where you can have surprises.
I want to play at the highest possible level – the Premier League.
I want to score more than 30 goals, but I would prefer to score 15 or 20 and get the Premier League or one big trophy.
It’s very difficult in the Premier League to win three, four, five games in a row.
I’m sure I can work the Premier League, maybe my style of play is better suited to the Premier League than in the Championship.
You don’t manage more than 900 games, mostly in the top half of the Premier League, if you haven’t got something that enables you to cope with pressure.
I love watching the Premier League.
I have been following the Premier League very closely because once you have been a footballer you have an affinity with the game.
That was how I felt at non-league. I never looked at it then and said, ‘I want to be a Premier League manager one day’. I just wanted to do a good job and see where it could take me.
There are a lot of big players and a lot of big teams, but I don’t know if I’ll get the opportunity to play in the Premier League.
Playing in the Premier League, in front of such crowds and on such perfect pitches, is amazing. I am so lucky.
I’ve got a lot of respect for Claude Puel because he brought me to Leicester and to the Premier League and played me in most of the games. I have a lot of respect on that front.
In the Premier League, you always have to be at your best. You get forced to get the best out of yourself.
I’ve loved my time at Sunderland. It’s benefited me so much, as I’ve just gained invaluable experience playing week-in, week-out in the Premier League and mixing it with the big boys.
In the Premier League a little half a second can punish you and you just have to be focused for all 90 or 95 minutes, whatever it may be.
For Premier League games, you get people coming from all over, paying big money to get into the games as part of a weekend away.
I’ve had the four best seasons of my career at Leicester and have loved every moment. I feel immense pride to have been a part of what we have achieved during my time at the club, culminating in becoming Premier League champions.
The Premier League is in my heart.
Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can’t play nice football because you just wouldn’t win it.
The Premier League is the toughest in the world probably, there’s not going to be an easy game. It is what I’ve dreamt of, so when I step onto that pitch I’m just playing how I want to play, playing with freedom and that is what the manager wants.
The Premier League has a lot of intensity, a lot of physicality.
I would like to return to the Premier League but I think if you put that question to more or less every manager in the world, then they would like to do it as well.
I used to watch Arsenal a lot but not so much now because my channel lost the rights to show Premier League football. But of course, I know the squad and I wish all the best to the guys. And of course I am still a Gooner and I think I will always support that club.
I think the Premier League is the best league in the world.
At the top end of the Premier League, you have to be ruthless. Even just to get in the top four is hard.
Although the Premier League is tough because players have good physiques and can switch swiftly in offense and defense, it can be overcome after adapting to the league for a few months.
Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.
I have great respect for the Premier League, for the teams, and the great players there.
Of course the Premier League has the most top level players in the world. But the Chinese guys are very good.
It hasn’t always been a Premier League ride for Crystal Palace supporters. They’re there to support us through the hard times.
In the Premier League, I think if you win your first five games, you’re in the fight, because here in every game, you can lose or drop points.
For me, the Premier League is the most difficult championship in the world, and I am so happy here.
The Premier League is a very interesting league and I can imagine it could be a big aim to be a big manager in the Premier League one day like Jurgen Klopp who is very successful.
I’ve played for England, played in the Olympics and made my Premier League debut.
I feel like German football is a lot more aggressive and faster. I’ve never played in the Premier League, so I couldn’t say what it was like. But going from youth football, I would say it’s a lot faster and lot more physical.
In the Premier League, you never know who is going to win or who will be champions. It is always a surprise.
The wages that are being paid in the Premier League are very tempting. It would be hypocrisy to deny that.
My goal is to get my name known here in the Premier League.
I really want to make Charlton a stable side in the Premier League but I’d be lying if I said England wasn’t in the back of my mind.
The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.
The aim for the future is always to win titles, become champions of the Premier League, and more.
I remember, in 2008, and we won the Champions League and the Premier League, and we were having our photos taken with the trophies, and someone said to me, ‘Patrice, you don’t look happy.’ I said, ‘It’s because we are missing the FA Cup.’
I’m absolutely enjoying the Premier League, as you can imagine. I knew it was going to be tough. It’s the best league in the world and you are up against players who have been in it for years so they know it inside out.
The billions watching and following the Premier League don’t tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.
In the Premier League, you can’t play against anyone if you don’t play at a high pace.
In the Premier League every team is very good. That’s why it’s very difficult to reach that level.
At the end of the day, West Ham are a Premier League football club and that’s all that matters.
I don’t watch too much football at home. I only watch the Premier League.
There is hope to catch up, as long as Leeds get to the Premier League. I feel with a project an idea and people of quality we can close the gap on clubs with a different budget.
I chose Chelsea because I spoke with the manager here and when I did that, I felt the capacity of the manager and that is why I made my decision. And of course I like Premier League football and that is why I decided to stay in the Premier League.
The Premier League is one of the best in the world, without a doubt. The stadiums are always full, and the atmosphere is incredible, but not every footballer is able to play in England. The character can be difficult for a foreigner.
It’s true that the atmosphere here is quite different from the one in France. People live and breathe football here, and that’s what I like. Every footballer wants to play in the Premier League.
I turned down Premier League jobs; I didn’t think they were right.
You cannot find one team in the Premier League who can win at a place like Old Trafford regularly. The word ‘regularly’ makes it sound easy to win.
I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn’t? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.
I always believed I was a Premier League player, but in the first few months when I wasn’t getting a game I started to doubt whether I was good enough. Everyone kept on telling me: ‘Wait for your opportunity and make sure that you take it’ – and that’s what I did.
The Premier League is a league that I’ve always wanted to play in. The pace is high.
Paul Gascoigne was one who I watched as a young boy. He was a hero to all of us really. Chris Waddle was one for me too, just because of where I grew up. Where I’m from, he was somebody who was representing England and playing in the Premier League, and as a young boy I always wanted to do both.
I like English football because you play all the games from the start of the Premier League to the very last game always 100%. Even when squads in the last two or three games have just been relegated, they still play 100%.
I was born with this talent, so I’ve just worked hard, and now it’s gone well for me. But I’m not going to lie – I didn’t expect to be top of the Premier League.
Smaller players in the Premier League are very good at using their bodies and that’s what I will continue to do.
It is now a pleasure to go to any of the Premier League grounds. They are so welcoming, not just to me but to all the broadcasters – all media, really, you have to say.
It’s a good thing to interact with a top goalkeeper who has so much experience in the Premier League.
I always say the Premier League is like two boxers fighting. The one who is least strong gets tired; he does down.
When you look at the vast amounts of money in the Premier League – and some extent the Championship – people think all footballers get paid a lot. But there’s a different side. In League Two, it’s dog-eat-dog. You must work for your money by getting results.
For a team like Brighton, just being in the Premier League is important. That is the name of the game.
You want to play in the Premier League, full stop. You don’t want to play in the Championship. I’ve played there and I don’t want to play there again for West Ham.
I was never tempted by the Premier League. It’s simply a personal opinion.
I’m really happy in the Premier League, everything’s good at home with the family and sponsors and everything. Life can’t be any better.
I say always that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and it’s an honour to play here.
I had come from Poland and the attention on you is much bigger when you get to the Premier League, so everything was doubled or tripled. Obviously, there were times when I struggled to deal with the criticism.
I want to protect my club. I want to try to protect my players. I want to try to protect my fans. Also, I want to try to protect the Premier League.
I have been at Chelsea for a lot of years. I have played in the Premier League, the Champions League, it is a kid’s dream to play for Chelsea. I have moved on, who knows I might one day go back to Chelsea.
I wanted so much to win the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League.
I love the Premier League, the quality of the players, the quality of the coaches. There are great challenges. But there are arms and legs flying off managers down there.
I’m very excited to start training and play in the Premier League, which is the best in the world.
I have watched the Premier League for a long time. There is so much quality, and it is such an exciting league. Of course, it is nice to think I might play in it.
I won two Premier League championships, I played a lot – I won a championship with the Brazil team too.
It’s hard to pick out a single team, because there are so many big games here in the Premier League, obviously there are the top teams like Liverpool, City, Chelsea, I think those big games, the ‘big six’ are always good. We always look forward to them, we all want to be on the pitch and to win them.
I’m quite open and proud enough to listen to anything really. Be it home, abroad, Premier League, Championships or below that. It’s not a worry. I’ve been in the game long enough so I know how to pitch myself in comfortably anywhere.
I like Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud, they are good players, but are they going to win you the Premier League? No, and I say that because they are not going to be in the top five or six goal scorers in the league.
When I was younger I just used to get the ball and take on all the players because I was bigger and stronger. You cannot do that in the Premier League. You are playing against men.
I know that English football and the Premier League is the best.
In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League – both on and off the pitch.
The Premier League is a results business.
Chelsea is a massive club, you aim to win the Premier League or are challenging for trophies with the aim to win everything.
The Premier League, for me, is the best league in the world. It has the best competitiveness.
In the Spanish league I root for Barcelona and in the Premier League I root for Manchester United.
For the top stars, it’s just more appealing to go to the Premier League than to Bundesliga.
It is harder to win Premier League games playing 4-4-2 without having players of the quality the top teams have.
Moving to London enables me to fulfil a dream and a further step in my career. The Premier League has always represented a great challenge for me.
I love watching English football. There are teams in the Premier League that play a style similar to Spanish teams – Arsenal, for example – but in general, it’s much quicker; there’s so much pace.
Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don’t get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.
Ever since I was a kid, I had been a Liverpool fan – they were my favourite Premier League club.
When you win the Worlds, everyone expects a little bit more which is fair enough, but just the first crack of a whole year doing all the World Series and the Premier League; it adds up.
There are no easy games in the Premier League.
I got a phone call from David Moyes: he was interested in me going out to Real Sociedad, and I was quite keen on the idea if I didn’t get the Premier League club that I wanted. Going abroad appealed to me.
I want to be the man to take Brentford into the Premier League, but it’s not just myself, it’s going to be the other players playing a massive part as well. I’m ready for the challenge.
I’ve loved every second of playing my first season in the Premier League. I feel like I belong here, and this is the level I want to be at for the rest of my career.
I must say, the standard of football we play in League Two is better than I thought. I think, if you compared it with the fourth division in other countries, such as Italy, Germany and Spain, League Two is much, much better – and that’s very positive. The intensity and the tempo is as high as the Premier League.
Every game is tough for me because the level of competition is so high in the Premier League, and every time you have to be at your best.
As for my ambitions with City, I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.
My heart is in the Premier League. I can honestly say that when you’ve played there, your heart stays there even if you are physically elsewhere.
Ever since I started watching Premier League, I found English football very appealing.
With the Premier League, you can afford to lose a couple here and there, but it’s a tough competition, a cup competition.
I like the Premier League I lot. I feel it has my style of football.
I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.
There is one thing that I would really enjoy, and that is, of course, to get 100 Premier League goals.
I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.
I think every single player dreams of playing in the Premier League one day.
I would not be worried about the physical aspect of the Premier League. I have scored goals in Argentina, Portugal, and now Spain. I am confident I can adapt my game to any league.
Most strikers playing in the Premier League regularly are aged around 23 or 24.
International football is different to the Premier League.
If you are in the Premier League or at Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, you are at an end station.
For me, it is a dream come true to play in the Premier League as a No. 1 goalkeeper.
I really like the Premier League and to have the opportunity to play for Chelsea and win titles.
When I moved to Hull and I was playing against players in the Premier League, maybe I pinched myself then.
Champions League football in the Premier League – you’re talking about the top, big, massive clubs, and it’s not something I think I’d get linked with.
A lot of people told me not to come to the Premier League because of the physical demands, especially if I came straight from Brazil to England. But it’s not been like that.
The Premier League, the power of it sometimes overtakes the people involved in it.
For those who want to be a manager, the Premier League is the best place to work; at the very top.
The Premier League is very competitive, the English are very passionate about football.
The Premier League used to be two teams going for the title, but it has come on a long way since then.
I believe I can be a Premier League player.
I’ve no idea if I’ll manage in the Premier League. It’s easy to say I will but you don’t know.
If not the biggest, the Premier League is one of the biggest leagues in the world. It’s very competitive, and I find that exciting. I like challenges. I came here because it will be a great challenge for me at a very high level of football and be among these great players in a great team like Liverpool.
Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season.
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.
I went from Chelsea to Fulham – two Premier League teams at the time – and was sitting on the bench for the Europa League and Premier League and you don’t think it is going to finish.
The Premier League is definitely a big step up but you’ve got to be ready.
The Premier League is an unbelievable league.
Growing up watching the Premier League, the person with the most presence was Gilberto Silva. He was everywhere in Brazil. His matches were always televised. He was the main figure I was following in the Premier League.
I’ve always appreciated English football and the Premier League, I’ve always liked it.
Anyone can beat anyone in the Premier League.
I came to Watford to play in the Premier League and stand out.
Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.
The Premier League title is very important, of course. I always say to play in the league and to win the title is very difficult. It makes you very proud.
Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.
I love the Premier League. I absolutely love Premier League games.
The Premier League is guided by this dynamic: ball lost – ball recovered – ball lost again. That makes matches unpredictable, teams must be objective and behave like that because that’s what excites fans.
What puts you in a different level is if you win the Premier League, and you’re capable of challenging every season for the Premier League, and if you play Champions League, and you really believe, and you’re a real contender one day to win the Champions League. That’s my objective in Tottenham.
I spent two great seasons playing in the Russian championship. I could have stayed there, but I went to the Premier League, which is much more competitive and requires much greater levels of fitness.
I won the most important league in Europe, I think – not just Europe but the world – the Premier League.
The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.
Since I left the Premier League the first time, I wanted to come back.
We all know the Premier League is so tough and many, many things can happen – right until the last game of the season.
I am happy to play in the Premier League. It’s a competition which encourages players to give only their very best week in, week out and you have to be 100%.
I’m a big fan of the Premier League, but you can’t say no when a club like Milan come knocking.
After moving to the Premier League, I’ve realised that I need to limber up and strengthen my body trunk.
The England team shouldn’t be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you’ve got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.
I want to play Premier League football and with a great team like Bournemouth.
I’m confident that I can score goals in the Premier League.
Wenger has won three Premier League titles, which is proof enough of his standing as a manager.
When you are better than your opposition for 45 minutes and create six chances, if you don’t score, you are in danger in the Premier League. It’s the best league in the world.
I have always liked Chelsea a lot. I watch a lot of the Premier League, and it is a club where you can feel the warmth of the fans.
I’ve been in the Premier League for 10 years, more, and the money I’ve been paid is phenomenal compared to your average, everyday working man.
When I heard of United’s interest, I thought, ‘Wow.’ This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the history of the Premier League and English league.
I am up to the speed of the Premier League, and that was what I was looking for.
When I watched the Premier League on the telly, I didn’t expect it to be that hard. The opponents are all physically strong, real athletes. It wasn’t like that in Germany. You must be prepared for it. But I prepared myself for it.
The Premier League is a different kind of league, in terms of physical play.
Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don’t like being roughed up. They’re not used to that.
For me the Premier League is the best league in the world. And London is a great city. My family love to live here.
The Premier League is fascinating and I follow it closely.
I don’t think that there is anyone quicker than me in the Premier League.
I had the chance to go to Manchester United and other teams in the Premier League.
I always dreamed about the Premier League.
Harry Kane must look at the Premier League table and wonder why on earth he is still at Tottenham.
I just worry about playing well and helping Liverpool go as far as possible in the Premier League. If that is achieved by me scoring goals, even better.
When Pep was at Barcelona, I was so young, 16 or 17 years old. I went to training a lot, and Pep Guardiola told me a lot of things, but I didn’t stay in the first team. He is an amazing coach, and if he comes to the Premier League, I think he will win a lot of titles.
I would love to win the Premier League because it’s the strongest league in the world.
Competing in the Premier League is more difficult than winning trophies in plenty of countries abroad.
My priority is to ensure the club and Craven Cottage each have a viable and sustainable Premier League future that fans of present and future generations can be proud of.
Yes, it was my dream to play in the Premier League and fortunately for me my dream is also to play for Manchester United.
I want to protect my club. I want to try to protect my players. I want to try to protect my fans. Also, I want to try to protect the Premier League.
I have noticed that, for fans in England, the Premier League stands above the rest.
Don’t get me wrong, I love training and I love playing but everyday life? People see the money and the material things that footballers have but you get to a Premier League level because you have something inside you and you can play. Ninety per cent of that is self-pride.
With only 30% of players in Premier League squads qualified to play for England, the accent on developing home-grown talent is heavier than ever.
Everybody knows anything can happen in the Premier League: every team can beat every team.
The Premier League is one of the best leagues in the world, everyone knows that.
It’s a dream of mine to play in the Premier League and to make my debut.
I like the atmosphere in the Premier League. The teams play attacking football, and for a striker, that is even more attractive.
Normal athletes couldn’t do what Premier League football players can do.
That’s the difference between outside and playing in the Premier League.
To relax in the Premier League is not good.
Here in the Premier League, you have to give 100 per cent for the whole 90 minutes. It’s not like after 70 minutes you can say, ‘We’re 2-0 up, so let’s have some fun now’ – that doesn’t happen in the Premier League.
Going to Cardiff was a really good experience for me. I managed to get quite a few games under my belt at Premier League level, which was good, and I feel like I’ve come back a better player.
Sometimes in a Premier League game the fans are a bit quiet but in Nigeria you just hear trumpets, everything. The atmosphere is so different compared to England.
The Premier League is really nice, it’s wonderful. It is also quite difficult to explain certain things. You need to experience them personally to take it all in.
I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn’t have that, I wouldn’t be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength – this is mine.
The Premier league is better with Mourinho.
I came back to Chelsea to stay. When I took my decision to come back here from Paris, it was to win the Premier League and to do something again with Chelsea, so I am very happy here.
It has been a dream to play in the Premier League with Fulham.
Spurs will always have a place in my heart. They gave me a chance to play Premier League football, and I’ll be forever indebted to them.
I’ve played in Serie A, the Bundesliga, Holland and now the Premier League. They are all different.
I don’t think you sign a four-year contract in the Premier League and then go to China at the age of 26.
Being honest, when I was playing for Tooting & Mitcham, I was buzzing, thinking: ‘I’m semi-pro.’ Then when I made my debut in League One, I was buzzing again, thinking ‘I’m pro.’ Then it was the Championship, then the Premier League, and then called up for England. And each time it happened, it was a surprise to me.
I wanted to stay in the Premier League, and Chelsea was a great opportunity for me.
I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.
I would like to see Premier League teams play in Ligue 1 so we could see how good they are.
As a young player, I had to compete with Harry Kane – the top scorer of the Premier League – arguably the toughest league in the world, and a striker who is performing remains in the team.
I’ve been told by many people that a lot of overseas players come into the Premier League, and they take time to integrate, depending on the circumstances.
I played at Anfield twice when I was with Stoke and it’s a hard place to go, we all know that Liverpool is one of the best teams in the Premier League.
Obviously the crowds are massive on the Premier League so it took me a bit of time to actually settle and get some results.
I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I’m going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.
When you play in the Premier League, say you’re playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it’s more of an open game, it’s more attacking, end-to-end.
The Premier League has the power to spend more money on players than the Bundesliga. This is very, very important for players.
I do not see myself returning to Ligue 1. I love the Premier League. I like my life in England.
The competition that is the Premier League is the biggest challenge in itself. It’s my job to get the players to believe that they can go in to every match and win.
And I know the risks of changing captaincy midway through a season. At Derby, it was a great compliment when Paul Jewell handed me the armband, and I was made captain of my fourth Premier League club, but it was awkward for Matt Oakley, who had it taken away from him.
Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are two of the best strikers in the league and the reason I came to the Premier League was to play against people like them.
When I was a little boy, my dream was to play in Spanish football, which I’ve done, and then it was the Premier League, so it’s all worked out OK.
Sometimes people don’t realise just how hard it is to play with 10 men in the Premier League.
It’s always been an ambition of mine to play in the Premier League and I feel, if I moved to Wolves then I’d have an excellent chance of reaching what many believe is the greatest league in the world.
It’s hard to see yourself in the Premier League when you are in the Conference because the jump is so high. When I was there nobody had done it.
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.
The profile is to find if someone can perform in the Championship and help you win, and also play in the Premier League because that has to be the goal.
We have been out of the top-flight for 16 years and I am thrilled for the whole club and our incredible fans that we are back in the Premier League.
We can talk about some small differences between the Premier League and La Liga, but they are the two best leagues in the world.
With the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup, I will play many games with Spurs. And I’m going to enjoy all the playing time I get.
I wanted to play in the Premier League and Bolton offered me that opportunity at that time and that was why I signed for Bolton.
The interaction between the goalkeeper and the back four has to be top to compete in the Premier League.
Who doesn’t want to work in the Premier League?
I was a million miles from being a Premier League player. You see some people, at 18 they are ready. At 21, I wasn’t. Physically nowhere near.
John Terry is a fantastic centre-back – a centre-back that a lot of people would put in their all-time Premier League XI.
A lot of people don’t realise how mentally tough the Premier League is.
Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship – and when I say ‘soon’ I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.
I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.
You sit on the bench in the Premier League for one week, you could be playing for the rest of the season if the No. 1 at that time had a bad game.
The Premier League is different to Spain.
My Premier League debut was against Watford in 2015. I got a few minutes or so. It was truly heart-warming. So nice, being young and then scoring goals.
The difference in the Premier League is that it’s very competitive physically, so I’ll try to improve in that aspect as well and adapt as soon as possible to the style of play.
All Brazilian players have this dream. I have, like everybody, the dream to play in Europe and the Premier League.
The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
You need doors to open, you need a chance – and you have got to have something, to take your chance when the door opens at the right time. My first port of call was to be a manager, then it was a successful manager, then it was a Premier League manager.
I’m used to playing under pressure. In the Premier League, there are big players and big teams – we are used to it.
What happens in the Premier League is that when they arrive in the area, they punish you.
I feel like a first-team Premier League player at Palace.
I’m happy here at Everton. When I decided to come here, I came thinking only in my club, which is Everton, and nothing else. What has to happen next will happen next. I feel comfortable here. I do not know whether my game is more suited to the Premier league or La Liga, but I am very well here.
In one year I won two titles – one being the Premier League. I have a trophy at home that not many people have and in possibly the most competitive league in the world.
The hardest part of performing in the Premier League is the mental side of it, with everything being scrutinised.
The Premier League is probably the best in the world so if you have a lot of players who play well there, it’s normal that they are going to grow as players.
I don’t think you can manage 400 games in the Premier League, 550 in the Championship, play 980 times and not be a little bit organised.
I love the Premier League and La Liga, I follow them on TV when I can.
I know the ‘big spending club v. smaller club’ theme is popular in the Premier League. I don’t think about it – we are 30 teams trying to win the championship, and you do what you need to do.
I am enjoying the opportunity to play in the Premier League.
There are times I pinch myself. There are times where I’ll wake up and be like, ‘I’ve got four kids,’ or I’m like, ‘I’m actually playing in the Premier League.’
I don’t have a desire to prove people wrong, as such, because if you take a look at my Premier League record it’s not too bad.
Ronaldo has nothing to prove to anyone, he has proved his talent by being the top scorer in England. He has proved it by winning the Premier League, by winning the Champions League, with Manchester United.
I kept going out on loan because I wasn’t getting much time at Reading. Then I went to Sheffield Wednesday and then Nottingham Forest and I managed to get to West Ham, where I always wanted to be – the Premier League.
For me, it was a dream to play in the Premier League. I always wanted to be here because this league is very good, it has very good teams, and Manchester United is the best team in England.
It’s a dream for any player, having the opportunity to play in the Premier League. Everybody knows it’s the most competitive league in the world. It’s really great to follow it, as you can’t predict who is going to win the trophy.
I have been at Palace for more than 10 years. I will always love the club, and I want to help get them back to the Premier League, particularly for the fans who have always been so good to me.
I’m a really luck guy to play in the Premier League and have so many fans, so many supporters. This is a really lucky guy.
My ultimate ambition is to win the Premier League.
In a Premier League race, it’s never over until it’s over.
I think the Premier League suits my game, but it also depends on who I have next to me because I need to be surrounded by players with certain characteristics.
The Premier League, if not the best league in the world, is among the two best. It has a much higher visibility than Ligue 1 in France.
The Premier League has forced me to develop different skills.
I’ve crossed every bridge to become a Premier League goalkeeper, I think I’m going in the right direction and I think I’m mature as a goalkeeper.
But no one knows what happens after, and for sure it would be great to be back in the Premier League at one time in the future.
The Premier League is one of the top leagues in the world and I’m a guy that likes to challenge myself, so just to be able to practice against those types of players and play against them every weekend is a dream come true.
I’m going to have to get used to the pace of the Premier League and the technical side of it. I had a little taste of it at Hull before they were relegated in 2017, but I’ve developed a lot as a player since then.
My goal is to get my name known in the Premier League. I want to put my footsteps in the snow.
The Premier League is the best league in the world in my opinion.
The Premier League is different. Sometimes the Bournemouth game can be more difficult than Liverpool or Chelsea.
The Premier League is the best competition in the world, and it’s not easy to win a league with great teams like Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, and Arsenal as rivals.
Too many times I have had to sacrifice a trophy or the chance of winning one because the owners have said you have to stay in the Premier League at all costs.
Of course, the Premier League is the main objective for everyone.
It was disappointing to be left out of the Premier League line-up, but it was a reality check to sit back and look on the bench.
In the Premier League you know you’ll play a certain amount of matches so you can always think ‘I’ll put it right next week’ if you lose.
It’s not easy, but I play with my body, and I can feel how important it is to get 100 percent fit to play. This is an important thing to play in the Premier League.
I love the Premier League. It’s obviously a very talented league.
Everyone dreams of playing in the top leagues in Europe and the Premier League is obviously up there. Growing up in England, it’s always been a dream of mine to play in the Prem.
If you just protect and you have no chances on the break and you miss one chance to kill the game, then it’s difficult in the Premier League to win any game.
I don’t think any training session can get you ready for a game in the Premier League, never mind playing against Liverpool.
From a personal point of view, when you’re hitting the back of the net at Premier League level people recognize that you’re doing something right.
The Premier League is a wonderful league, the best league in the world, and there are a lot of clubs who overachieve and they overachieve massively. Because of results they get pushed down instead of people scratching the surface and seeing what is really happening.
The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.
I’ve always loved the Premier League, I watched it as a child and I always liked the style of play here.
Unfortunately, in life, you have to make decisions based on so many things. I love watching the Premier League, and I’ve always had the opportunity to go, but a better offer always got in the way.
It is very tough to beat an English team. The type of football they play is only in the Premier League. They defend as though their lives depend on it. And they are very successful.
I’ve done so much in my career but a little part of me feels I still have unfinished business here in the Premier League.
For me, the Premier League is full of quality, and the clubs competing at the top are the same who compete at the top of Europe every year.
The position as a striker is the hardest one in the Premier League. If you look at some top, top strikers, even they struggle to score goals here.
I’ve shown I can perform at Premier League level and that’s where I want to be playing for the next few years. That’s where I want to stay, it’s the big league and I’m driving towards being there for as long as I possibly can.
The fear for English players has always been that you might risk a place in the national team if you go abroad but now with all the technology we have, and social media, you are able to watch goals and assists every week, which means his performances are just as noticeable as anyone’s in the Premier League.
At 18, I jumped to the Premier League from League Two which looks good on paper but it’s about the journey and the stepping stones.
For me it is good to win, to win the Premier League is a dream for me.
When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.
The Premier League is very competitive and you have to be prepared for that.
I’ve dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.
It’s very exciting, everyone wants to see Aston Villa back in the Premier League and kicking on from there. It’s great to see this club with such a rich history of being in the top flight, it’s an exciting prospect.
It’s difficult for an Asian to play in the Premier League.
It was always a dream of mine to play in the Premier League.
You can go anywhere in the Premier League and it’s going to be tough. Every single game is so tough. So I think if you make it, and you’re lucky enough to play in the Premier League, I don’t think there’s a need to go anywhere.
My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.
I respect and admire the Premier League.
There seemed to be a feeling that switching from the Belgian league to the Premier League was too big a step and therefore too big a risk. It needed a few players to prove otherwise then it paved the way for others.
You don’t want to have a good couple of years, come through the Championship, have a good first year in the Premier League and then not play in the Premier League for another year or so because that is a backward step.
When David De Gea first came to the Premier League, he was a small boy.
I just want to be one of the best in the Premier League, scoring goals.
I wouldn’t call going into the Premier League an ordeal. I would say the Championship is more of an ordeal than the Premier League.
After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.
It’s the most important thing, staying in the Premier League.
I’m looking to show the best of my abilities every day and to work to improve, and that means working to play well and put in good performances in the Premier League and with Manchester United to achieve great things and win titles.
I’m very lucky to go back to my old club, my old home, my old house. To start my new chapter in this second part of my life in the Premier League is going to be something happy. I have very good memories from those four years in Manchester.
People go on about how much players earn in the Premier League but once you’ve bought a nice house and car, what else is there to spend it on?
Hopefully, one day I’ll get to play for Sheffield United in the Premier League; hopefully, that’s a dream that can come true. They put a lot of faith in me, and hopefully I can finish my career there, just to say thank you.
Since I started playing in the Premier League, I haven’t really got a social life.
I only missed nine Premier League games from a possible 228 between August 2004 and May 2010.
I’m not going to say the Dutch league is naive but they all play to win. In the Premier League, you have teams with a different idea.
I did good in the Premier League.
Michael Carrick helps me a lot day-to-day. We always talk and he tries to help me with my positioning on the field. He’s someone who always talks to me, which is important for adapting my football to the Premier League.
Playing in the Premier League for City is like a dream.
I’m playing Premier League, but I’m still very hungry.
Everybody likes the Premier League. It has a lot of spectacle, a lot of goals, and many good players. It is natural that every good player is attracted by that league.
English football, especially Premier League football, is different to most football on the continent.
I want to play for Liverpool in the Premier League on a regular basis, I will never deny that.
All the major sports have video reviews, and for some reason, the Premier League, which is watched all around the world, is still in the dark ages.
You could say I’ve not been the same player for Ireland as I have in the Premier League.
If you want to build a good team, you need to spend a lot of money, especially in the Premier League.
You should never get ahead of yourself car-wise; no Merc when you’re still in the youth team, no Porsche unless you’re a Premier League regular.
The guys in the Premier League are about the 10 best in the world and that is what makes the event so special.
I won the Premier League and played for England but it seems everyone always remembers me best for swearing live on BBC One on a Sunday afternoon.
I want to be playing in the Premier League.
As a young boy, all we used to watch was the Premier League at that time. I know the FA cup is quite important. It’s as important as the Premier League in England. And I had a chance to win it over our biggest rival, and it was also in the new Wembley. It was a great moment.
Legend is a term bandied about too much in football, but in Premier League terms Sergio Aguero is an absolute legend.
I’ve still got the hunger and yeah, a point to prove. Everybody loves playing in the Premier League, don’t they?
It was easy for me to play in the Premier League.
There’s lots of money in the Premier League and people think it’s going to filter down. It does to a certain extent, but it’s not all about that.
The idea that I might finish my career without going to the Premier League, it is not possible.
I see myself as a Premier League player. If I see myself as a Championship player, that’s not good enough. You have to aim higher and if you come just short then it’s not too bad.
If you’re talking about English football very few teams play 4-4-2 now: it’s either 4-4-1-1, 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, they are the three major systems played throughout the Premier League.
In the Premier League, there is a team above the others. This team is Manchester City. Then there is a very good team, Liverpool.
Premier League clubs have a lot of money, that’s why they’re strong and have a lot of good players.
I think every manager is the same. Three days before the Premier League starts, every manager is selfish that way. They want the players fit and ready.
The Ukrainian league isn’t as strong as the Premier League.
It’s such a crazy league, the Championship. People used to say that to me, and when you are in the Premier League, you don’t really take notice. It’s a good league; it’s tough, and I like it. But the Premier League is where I want to be, with Villa.
The Premier League is the best league, and I’ve enjoyed every second of it.
The Premier League is more physically demanding than Ligue 1. I love English football; it’s the best in the world in my opinion, and I hope to stay here for many years to come.
It’s very hard to retain the Premier League.
They say the Premier League is best league in the world. Or Roy Keane says we are brainwashed into believing it. He might be right. But I can definitely say it’s the most entertaining league.
I’d like to thank the chairman, Dave Whelan, and all of the staff at Wigan for giving me the chance to play in the Premier League.
My defensive side was something I wanted to work on, especially coming into the Premier League.
I want to help Leeds United return to the level our history and fans deserve. When I came to the club, I gave myself three years to deliver that and my vision remains the same: return the club to its rightful place in the Premier League and make our fans, players and staff proud of their football team.
I know the Premier League very well because I followed it a lot when I was younger.
I always dreamed one day to be playing in the Premier League and I am settled here already.
If you win the Premier League it means you have managed the difficult moments of the season better than anyone else.
It’s a very good feeling here to play at Wembley, to play in the Premier League, to know another championship and other players.
The Bundesliga is different from La Liga, it’s different from Serie A, it’s different from the Premier League, so you have to adapt to the circumstances.
I have 41 Premier League goals. For me the 100 club is massive. That is a massive carrot there to get into that in four years. That is where I’d like to be at the end of my career, 100 Premier League goals and join that elusive club.
Winning the Champions League is completely different to winning the Premier League.
I arrived in the Premier League late at 29 years old – you still have to live 50 years after football. You do your best for yourself and your family. You’ve got to fight for what you believe.
The experience of being a Premier League player playing every week is just massive.
I actually spoke to all the national team players who play in the Premier League, asking about what the league is like and the style of play. It’s one thing watching it on the TV, but being involved in it every day is another thing.
What we experience in the Premier League is so intense.
When I talk about football and the Premier League I think everything is possible.
Hopefully, I can stay in the Premier League for my whole career.
The Premier League is the best league in the world, and it is very well regarded if you get a chance to play in it.
Playing in the Premier League meant it would be nice to play in the England team as well.
I even got game time in some Europa League matches, some other Premier League matches and managed to make a start in an FA Cup match as well.
Something about the WSL is that the margins for error are very small. In the Premier League you can get away with losing a couple of games, but the women’s league is so short and the leaders tend to set the bar so high that if you lose a couple of games your title hopes are over.
When you win a Premier League title it still feels a bit surreal after a couple of weeks.
I’m finally in the Premier League which is what I’ve worked towards.
You need doors to open, you need a chance – and you have got to have something, to take your chance when the door opens at the right time. My first port of call was to be a manager, then it was a successful manager, then it was a Premier League manager.
The Spanish and German leagues are of a very high standard. Along with the Premier League, they are probably the best.
It’s not that easy to come from the Bundesliga into the Premier League. It’s something different.
You can only go so far in the Premier League before you have to spend.
It would be good to play in the Premier League.
The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There’s five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster.
The Premier League is a very closely contested league.
I am very happy because signing for a Premier League team is a dream.
It’s very difficult to pick a 17-year-old who’s had 10 minutes of first-team football. You’re talking about replacing senior players with some 17-year-olds who haven’t played Premier League football.
Look to the Premier League. Are there any black managers? Look at the Italian league? Are there any black managers? The list goes on.
I believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and having played in the Premier League for such a long time, it is to my advantage, and I know what to expect.
The only thing that Celtic doesn’t have is the propaganda, which is the Premier League. In every other aspect of football, Celtic is a huge club: fan base, stadium and history. They have a fantastic history. What it doesn’t have is the opportunity to play in the Premier League.
That’s the biggest one the Worlds, second is the World Matchplay and then you’d have to say the Premier League I think.
I am sure that the important managers always want to work here in the Premier League.
Growing up I always wanted to play in the Premier League and now I get to resume living my dream, which is playing games and I can’t wait to get back.
When I took over at Everton, the challenge for us was to try to go toe-to-toe with a club having success in Europe and sometimes competing for the Premier League.
Now I’m at the Premier League and help my family. That’s all that matters.
I play for Watford, it’s not the biggest team in the Premier League, but I go to Antigua, I go to different countries and people go ‘you’re Troy Deeney.’
I am not sure where the future will take me, but I have always wanted to play regular Premier League football.
When I am 32, 33 and I realise that I can’t keep my level or it is dropping, it will be a stop abroad where you might not play at the highest level and not keep up with Premier League.
As a player, I was a pantomime villain and I had my limitations. But I was also good enough to captain four Premier League clubs, win 39 caps for my country and be transferred for fees running into millions of pounds.
My parents wanted me to stay in England because they love the football here and how the people feel about football. It was important for them, too, that I stayed in the Premier League.
I had the opportunity to play in the Premier League, and I did.
The Premier League is a competitive league where strikers can be brought in for x amount of pounds and it might block your pathway as a young player. To go abroad, if it gives you the opportunity to play at the highest level in that country then I think it’s a no-brainer.
I’ve had the privilege of playing in our top seven leagues and the main differences when stepping up are organisation, athleticism and decisiveness. Believe me, the gap is even more evident when you achieve the holy grail of the Premier League.
I watch a lot of football and you hardly ever see Premier League players go down with cramp. The fitness, the intensity of Premier League football is phenomenal.
The Manchester City game is what the Premier League is all about. You have to thrive on those big occasions.
The Premier League is a competition with very quick football.
I want to show I can play at my best for a whole Premier League season.
While I could still play in the Premier League, I really did not want to go abroad. I was not thinking about winding down my career.
I want to be an established Premier League striker that is starting week in, week out.
Is it harder to win the Premier League than La Liga? Yes.
I don’t really pay attention to the long-term, I take short steps – that is what I have done through my whole career, from non-league to the Premier League.
I do believe I’m a Premier League player, and I do believe I’m an England international when I’m fit and on form.
In the Premier League, there are all the most important coaches in Europe, maybe the world.
It was a great time working at Reading, especially the first season getting very close to going to the Premier League.
When the club offers you the job, they say what the club expects from you. If the club says to you, ‘I want you to win the Champions League, the Premier League, the Carabao Cup,’ you say, ‘OK, you want to win this and this and this? Can you give me this and this and this?’
I would like to win the Premier League.
You can focus on the ranking events but I do miss the Premier League because it’s massive.
Getting to the Premier League is significant enough. But staying in it is another thing entirely, particularly when you’ve not spent much and kept the core of the team that was promoted from the Championship and was not even fancied to do so in the first place.
Ideally, you want a defender with Premier League experience.
The ball is just whipped off you in the Premier League. You have to maintain focus.
If you are not a good team, you will never get to the final day of the Premier League season or the final of the FA Cup.
It is not so easy to turn yourself into one of the big clubs in the Premier League and also the Champions League.
In the Premier League it is difficult, the midfield is very congested; there is a lot of pressure and the game is very fast. So it’s hard for you to spend a lot of time with the ball; you have to be very fast, you have to think long before the ball reaches you.
It’s just about keeping the momentum going, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s Champions League or Premier League or whatever trophy you’re going for, you’ve got to focus on the opponent that lies ahead.
If I’m on the bench in a Premier League game, I’m thinking, ‘What can I do coming off the bench?’
I always dreamed of getting in WWE and becoming a big star. But it’s not something you could ever guarantee. It’s like a kid wanting to play in the Premier League.
You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.
There are not many managers in the Premier League willing to put homegrown players in and trust them.
The Premier League is a physical league if you want to compare it to other leagues.
Ideally, you want a defender with Premier League experience.
As an outsider, I have to say that the Premier League is a very attractive league.
If, just because it’s the Premier League, I started trying to play the simple pass instead of trying the harder pass, that is not the type of person I am, to be honest.
I dream of winning the Premier League, of course.
After starting off with the Indian Premier League, I thought something more can be done for sports.
In the Premier League, we have to play a lot, and we always need the support of the fans.
Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive – I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season – and is never satisfied.
The Premier League is very difficult.
The Premier League is really strong but I’m not a player who likes new challenges just for the sake of it.
I was attracted by the opportunity of managing in the Premier League.
It is hard if you have got family and kids and you have to leave them on Christmas Day to go and train but listen, we are a small minority of lucky players. We have obviously worked hard for this, but we are lucky enough to have the ability to play in the Premier League.
Of course it would be nice to go to another Champions League final and hopefully win it again one day, but for me, the Premier League is the best trophy to have.
Being in midfield, in general, you don’t have a lot of time to think, and in the Premier League, that’s even less of the case. You just don’t have time to think.
I was always reading about the Premier League. It has been a big dream and one that came true. But it is not the end of the dream; it is just starting.
I am a huge fan of the Premier League, but do you think it will maintain its attractiveness if the Champions League is only an affair between English clubs and one or two others?
Alan Hutton and I are always fighting the corner for Scottish football. It’s a really tough league down here with a lot of quality players trying to get into the Premier League.
The double sessions are tough. The manager wants us to get fit, wants us to work hard. And that’s because the Premier League is so tough. We need it. Something we have to do.
Premier League is one thing. World Cup is totally different.
The Premier League is always difficult – Champions League or not.
I absolutely love playing in Europe. The Premier League is fantastic, but once you get a taste for it, it’s the place to be.
Me and my dad sat down in May and we spoke and thought the next step would be for me to push into a Premier League team and we felt the better route for me was to leave Chelsea.
I’m enjoying the Premier League; I’m enjoying playing for Southampton – I love the club, and I love the supporters.
The idea that I might finish my career without going to the Premier League, it is not possible.
I like the style of football in England and the style of Arsenal, and I’m very happy to play in the Premier League.
I’ve shown people what I can do and want to establish myself as a Premier League player.
Coaching for tackles? That’s something you do with seven-year-olds, when you show them how to stand and when to make a block. It is one of the basics of the game. No Premier League manager needs to coach it.
Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.
Lots of people think that the Premier League would be good for me, but my mum is Spanish, and I really have that dream to play over there.
It’s important that we have the right mentality because it’s not easy to win games in the Premier League.
Manchester United is like the American team in the Premier League, and everyone knows the weight of it back home. It is so exciting for me to wear a badge that is well known.
The Premier League is the best league.
I watched the Premier League every weekend with my dad – the highlight shows, everything.
It’s a league that you really have to get used to. If you’re coming from another one, it’s a tough league. Getting the experience playing in a Premier League team and getting hopefully consistent games will be huge for me.
Since I was a little boy, I’ve watched the Premier League and seen Liverpool playing in the Champions League on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The Premier League is tough because, as soon as you lose a couple of games, you’re out of the race for the league.
We want to play on the highest level and the Champions League, other than the Premier League for us, is the highest level.
The Premier League is an extremely difficult competition.
I want to go back to play in the Premier League. I feel it’s where I belong.
I’ve represented my country and played in the Premier League a long time so I am pretty realistic and confident in what I can bring.
There are so many great players in the Premier League and of course the big teams are always the favourites, but the teams below them also play good football. The mixture of foreign and English players works really well.
I don’t see any difference between any games, whether it’s a Premier League game, a cup game, an FA Cup game; all those games are the same for me. I want to score in every single game I play.
I want to be a Premier League player, a Liverpool player and an England player.
I enjoyed my time in the Premier League and in Qatar.
I am crazy about Leicester; I am crazy about the owners – they are fantastic and really good for the Premier League.
I’m used to playing in the Premier League now. I’m confident, and all my team-mates are confident with me.
From what I saw in Spain and Germany most of the teams drop back and then they have all of the time to build up and have the movements. In the Premier League it is more physical and about set plays. It is more difficult.
My first Premier League goal against Palace, I caught it on the bounce and reversed it across the ‘keeper.
I did almost take a job in China because I thought it might be good for me to go abroad and experience what I think the best coaches in the Premier League have had. It helps you learn. You have to evolve.
The Hawthorns has a good atmosphere, like many of the Premier League stadiums.
I don’t think I was ready for the Premier League until I was 24 at Southampton.
It is a privilege to be part of this Chelsea squad and the Chelsea family, at one of the most historic clubs in the Premier League.
We want to do what is good for Cardiff and for the long-term survival, and hopefully Cardiff can be around for a long time and, God willing, be around in the Premier League.
The mental aspect of being a goalkeeper is very important so you have to go into the game with full concentration and confidence. That is a big part of your game and the Premier League is the most demanding league for any goalkeeper.
The Premier League is the top league in the world. It’s definitely toughened me up and mentally made me into the person I am now.
It was always my dream to come to the Premier League because I love this league, and I love this country. It’s an amazing place.
To be playing in the Premier League from where I’ve come from is a big achievement.
To sum it up, I would say that the Premier League is football’s NBA.
It can’t be too bad being one of the top goalscorers at Arsenal in the Premier League, mainly as a winger as well, and three FA Cups.
I always had that youngster tag at Arsenal, so hopefully with this move I am able to make a name for myself in the Premier League and create history with Everton.
The Premier League benefits from foreigners, and the game’s evolved in a way that’s beneficial, but you can’t lose the roots of the English game.
We will give everything for the FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League.
I have always said that one day I would like to play in the Premier League.
There aren’t many Asian players in Europe or the Premier League, so that’s more attention for me.
When I was in Spain, I remember United being eight points ahead of City with only six games but they still lost that title. So in the Premier League, anything can happen. You never know because anything can happen whether you are in front or behind the opponent.
When I was young I used to watch the Premier League and of course I knew of Tottenham because of Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. I speak more with Ossie because I see him more at the training ground than Ricky.
There’s plenty of points to play for in the Premier League.
You have to be patient in the Premier League.
I like all the Argentine players in the Premier League. They are all good, of course, because they are from Argentina!
In the Premier League you need creative players to open games up.
Tottenham play some of the most attractive football in the Premier League – we have a beautiful style of play.
We’ve got the greatest Premier League, greatest domestic competition in the world but the downside of that is we’ve got fewer and fewer English players playing in that league.
I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.
Every opponent in the Premier League is a warning.
There are so many things that a goalkeeper coming to the Premier League has not experienced in a different league.
Petr Cech is one of the finest goalkeepers I have seen and he has proved that in the Premier League.
I think, in the Premier League we have a situation where contacts happen more often than in Europe and the direction of the attack changes more frequently from one team to the other.
It was a pleasure to play under Arsene Wenger. He was a great manager and I personally thank him for everything as he brought a new philosophy to the Premier League.
If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.
Broadcasters realise there is a large percentage of women that watch cricket and it was the Caribbean Premier League that first got me to commentate a men’s international T20.
The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.
Fulham wanted me when I was 16. They were in the Premier League at the time with Mark Hughes, and I was close to going.
I realise the Premier League is a very tough league and I know I have to be stronger.
Try to imagine if all the Premier League games were now available, easily accessed by match or by season or by team via Amazon or Netflix. The audience could be much bigger. The single price per client could be lower; the total amount would still be bigger.
I played in Premier League with Chelsea and in Italy with lot of teams.
There is definitely a big difference from the Bundesliga to the Premier League: it is completely different, and that is why I think we need a bit of time in the beginning to get used to the league.
I’ve scored as many goals for Manchester United in the Premier League as for Chelsea, but in something like 30 games less.
I admire the Premier League for the quality and style of football.
When things go wrong it is magnified 10 times more in the Premier League.
For me, the Premier League is the best tournament in the world. It’s the hardest; you need to be 100 per cent to play every game.
The Premier League is the best in the world. It is fascinating because of all the teams, the atmosphere and stadiums. The football is of course a little more aggressive, there is more contact but I like this.
Chelsea are one of the most exciting teams in the Premier League.
It’s definitely good to play out of my comfort zone, especially in the Sydney Premier League which is one of the toughest leagues in the world.
It is a great challenge to be playing against the best players in the world, and I always wanted to play in the Premier League and be a part of this league.
The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody’s scared of.
What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better – a few times.
This is why I don’t usually have to create uncomfortable situations, because we are anything but a typical Premier League club. We got promoted with an £11 million budget.
