Emile Smith Rowe

“Dennis Bergkamp was definitely a player I always looked up to. We play in a similar position.”

“I watch as much as I can, any game. If there's a game on TV, I'm watching it.”

“I didn't used to like fish but now I am into salmon and stuff.”

“The intensity of the games is very different to the Championship. The Championship is still very physical, everyone's still very tough and strong, you can see how much it means to everyone, but I think the intensity that everyone plays at, every game in the Premier League is just really difficult.”

“I always get nervous before games and I think that will probably stay with me for a long time because I've had it from a young age.”

“My dad was my idol growing up.”

“It was a really tough period - having surgery for the first time and then having another setback once I got back on to the pitch. But this is football, you have got to face these challenges, you have ups and downs.”

“Harry Kane, captain of England, what he's done - it's crazy to be training with him.”

“I like Nando's a lot - maybe that's killing me a little bit.”

“I have not really got anything to lose.”

“Huddersfield was one of the best experiences I've ever had. It made me a lot stronger, physically and gave me so much more confidence with the games I played.”

“I've met a lot of big-headed people and I really don't want to be like that.”

“My German is not great, I'm not going to lie! I only know a few words.”

“Before games, I wasn't really that hydrated. I've tried now to focus so much on it.”

“My Dad's a Tottenham fan.”

“Growing up in London, I didn't want to move out of London.”

“I grew up in an area that should be more Crystal Palace than anything else, but I was an Arsenal fan.”

“It is something that has grown on me. When I was in the academy, coaches used to say to me, 'you have got to be more confident, take people on, be more confident on the ball.'”

“I always say a couple of words to the German players in the changing room and they're always laughing at me!”

“I'm obviously in a privileged position to most people but for me it's about staying focused and getting the right advice from my family and the people around me.”