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.
