James Maddison

“Derek McInnes gave me that platform to showcase what I can do, so I'm thankful.”

“I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.”

“I started in League One and went up into the Championship and then into the Premier League, so I've played a lot of games from quite a young age.”

“It was a hard decision to leave Norwich, and you have to take into account a lot of things - could I make the step up? Do I want to have another season of really showing what I can do?”

“I've been brought up in a really lovely family, so I'm lucky.”

“The Premier League is the best league, and I've enjoyed every second of it.”

“There are quite a lot of young players around now with undoubted talent who get stuck in academies at big clubs.”

“All the moves I've made have come after I sat down with my family and my agent and thought what was the best move. I've never rushed into something, never gone anywhere where I wasn't sure 100%.”

“I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.”

“I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody's legs are tired.”

“Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.”

“You base your career on success.”

“Playing in the Championship and starting games, I'm learning something new every day and constantly improving my game.”

“The only way you're going to improve is playing games and learning, being a regular week on week.”

“The Premier League is the toughest league in the world, so it's never going to be easy to get minutes.”

“In the academies, people develop differently, and going into that No 10 role helped me because central midfield was always packed with big, strong boys.”

“I've got a lot of respect for Claude Puel because he brought me to Leicester and to the Premier League and played me in most of the games. I have a lot of respect on that front.”

“I feel like I'm quite harsh on myself.”

“I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I will never forget.”

“I've dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.”