A biography for Blaise Matuidihasn’t been written yet.
“Juventus have won Serie A for many years in a row and they're always aiming high in Europe too.”
“We must take to matches with the right attitude.”
“Great players always answer the call when they have to.”
“Idrissa Gueye is a great player.”
“The PSG supporters must savour Neymar.”
“In the past I was close to moving to the Premier League, to Arsenal, that was my dream.”
“It is always very tough to lose in a final. It is also what football is about.”
“Cavani is a great striker. He is world class, just like Ibrahimovic.”
“I'm lucky to be playing with attackers who score more than 30 goals a season. When you play alongside guys like that, you can only get better.”
“I think that Kylian is getting better and better. He is a phenomenon - extraordinary.”
“I am French before everything.”
“All I can say is that I am Parisien.”
“We want to win everything.”
“You can play good but at the end you lose because we did not focus on details.”
“I forget some things, which earns me the nickname of 'Head in the air.'”
“Dybala is a great player, one of the best in the world.”
“Italy is a great country with people who adore football - that's one of the things that has struck me, how deeply people care about football here. It's different to France. Football really has a strong hold on society here and that's beautiful to see because football is a magnificent sport.”
“You say to yourself that when you have won everything, the backlash will come and you will ask yourself 'what more can I earn?'”
“Kylian will be a great player. He is already.”
“To win in America, for me, will be special. After my career ends, I can tell my kids that I've won everywhere!”