A biography for Eidur Gudjohnsenhasn’t been written yet.
“I remember when I was playing, the first phone call was always to my Dad, going through the game, how he saw it. We'd talk about general stuff, individual performance then team performance - and sometimes it was very positive, sometimes very negative.”
“I don't know how other people see it, but I can't see United without Alex Ferguson.”
“Rijkaard is more relaxed and Mourinho shouts a lot, shows more emotion, but the basic ideas they speak about are the same.”
“La Liga is good too, but there's such a great intensity in England every week. It makes you push your limits and if you do well, it is very satisfying.”
“In all honesty, of course it is lovey that your boys want to play football and can reach a certain level and keep your family name going. But I couldn't care a less whether they were footballers or not, I just want them to be happy.”
“I always feel that when Willian and Hazard play, they both like the ball to feet.”
“I am very proud of what I have achieved in my career, and I have had some amazing moments.”
“I've always said I'm happy at Chelsea.”
“Underdog success stories don't just happen, they have to be created.”
“I've played many games for Iceland and my father before me, so I have a sense of what football means to people at home.”
“If you're a country of 320,000 people you're always going to be the underdog, against the majority of teams anyway.”
“You try to take little bits from every manager and you try to mould it into your way of playing.”
“I will have this feeling of wanting to play until my dying day, but physically it's not there anymore.”
“When I grew up, when I was playing in Iceland during the summer, we would play on gravel. It would be a treat for us if you could play on grass.”
“As soon as your attention goes off Messi, he pops up and scores you a few goals.”
“My main concern is to find something, in football or in life, that would give me 10 percent of the feeling or adrenaline or satisfaction of playing the game. Then I'd be a happy man.”
“You do always feel that with Hudson-Odoi on the pitch, Chelsea look like a better team.”
“Depending on the system we play, I can adapt to midfield or a more forward position.”
“The footballing education in Spain is excellent, whether you are one of the bigger clubs or smaller clubs it doesn't really matter - the coaching is really good.”
“Sometimes the games just pan out that way. One team is putting pressure on the other and when you are under pressure, you have to defend. It is part of football.”