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“My father moved to Belgium to play in the first division. He was a very good player, someone I looked up to, but he was unlucky with knee injuries. He was a winger and I wanted to be the same as him.”
“I'm very scared of snakes, I really don't like snakes, not even on my phone when I see it, I can't touch it.”
“United are a massive club and to be part of it is an honour.”
“Even when I came to United at such a young age, going to United it's, of course, a massive club, but I know that they are willing to give youth a chance. That is what happened with me.”
“The coaches Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna are very detailed in the preparation. We study the weakness of the opponents.”
“In training and at the club, players know that the player is good. You notice when the guy arrives, who's the ace, who's the player who maybe can't take the level.”
“Spain is my kind of football, I was happy Granada were interested.”
“Derbies are always special.”
“I'm a Cristiano Ronaldo fan and once I got to talk to him. He told me to grow in Manchester, to train very hard, to be relentless. That was the advice he gave to me. Training every day, sometimes even on off days.”
“I try to study everyone.”
“The Premier League is very competitive, the English are very passionate about football.”
“Ronaldinho and Juninho Pernambucano for Lyon were two players I watched taking free-kicks as I grew up.”
“Now I've played 30 games, I have experience I can use in Manchester.”
“Other British clubs were interested. I thought about it, but Manchester United is a dream club for me.”
“My background is in Dutch football.”
“Since I was little, my father always bought me a Santos shirts.”
“I was born in Belgium but I never intended to play for Belgium. I never thought about that.”
“I know what it is to have pressure for 80 minutes and then maybe in one counterattack need to score.”
“I always looked up to Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo because he was for me the ideal footballer. He was at United, he had an unbelievable shot, his skills, he was fast, so the complete player. I always try to do the same things on the pitch like him.”
“I always looked up to Paul Scholes, Giggsy, Wazza and Carras. When I got the chance to train with them you saw how professional they were every day and how hard they work.”