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.
