Christian Eriksen

“I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.”

“Everything has been put into what we all wanted at Spurs. Everybody wanted to become a top team, and that is what we have tried to do.”

“I'm addicted to football. When I get outside, I just want to stay on the training pitch.”

“Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.”

“It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.”

“You watch Silva, and he almost never gives the ball away. He is always looking, thinking, making the right calls.”

“During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.”

“I've never been one to go past 20 players on the wing. I'm always going to be the guy sneaking the ball through, to build and create something.”

“As a football player, you would like to play each match.”

“Football was always big in my family.”

“My mum worked in a grocery shop and played football, and my dad worked with cars, a sales director, and he played to almost a professional level. His dad played as well.”

“Everyone looks at who is playing a World Cup. If a player you do not know makes a good impression at the World Cup, you'll notice him more afterwards.”

“I don't mind who takes the spotlight. If you win the game, then it doesn't really matter.”

“Bale is an exceptional player; he's shown that for years. He's Wales' talisman, and he's been that for years and will be for years. He's technically very gifted, very direct, has a wonderful kick and a lot of pace and a good finisher.”

“Ajax have a tradition of good football and play 4-3-3, which suits me. They also spend lots of money on youth players with the aim of putting them in the first team.”

“Money has never been a motivation.”

“I only had good years with Frank de Boer. I don't have anything bad to say about him.”

“As a player, sometimes you expect something to happen every time the ball is in the box. Every time somebody falls down, you get nervous because you have to watch your back because anything can happen.”

“Barcelona is a fantastic football club, and I don't think there are many players who would be able to say no to them.”

“It is always hard when the referee is against you.”