Jan Vertonghen

“I'm a big fan of the Premier League, but you can't say no when a club like Milan come knocking.”

“I've played with some great players and against some great players, and Sonny is special, he's so humble and I think that you underestimate that because of the work he puts in, then his quality, outstanding left foot, right foot.”

“Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.”

“Benfica is a club of the people, with ambition domestically and in Europe and that was important to me, I really want to achieve things and Benfica has the same ambitions that I have.”

“Even in the Belgium team, we get the respect. Teams are not happy when they have to face us.”

“I had doubts about going to Ajax because I don't like moving.”

“Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.”

“It took me five years to get my first trophy with Ajax but it feels like you have to win a trophy to win more and then they follow. It's just the belief you can win it.”

“Revenge - I don't think in these words.”

“Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are two of the best strikers in the league and the reason I came to the Premier League was to play against people like them.”

“I love the environment at Spurs.”

“I had a great time at Spurs and made lots of friends, and learned lots of things - perhaps even more off the pitch than on the pitch from my family at Spurs, and I will miss everyone.”

“We want to dominate, we want to entertain the crowd and play in a very positive way.”

“I chose Spurs because they gave me a good feeling. I spoke to Daniel Levy and Rafael van der Vaart.”

“I can play at left-back and I can help the team at times. But everyone knows I am not a left-back.”

“I'm definitely not a rebel.”

“At the start of my career, I had a problem focusing for 90 minutes, but that's the advantage of football: it's a team game.”

“Ajax want to get as much as they can for me, while Spurs want to pay as little as possible.”

“It's easy to reach a certain level with chess, but it's very hard to reach the next level.”

“My favourite thing, what I want of course, is to play in the Champions League with Tottenham.”