Patrick Bamford

“Playing on the right isn't a role I prefer, but sometimes you've got to do your job for the team.”

“If you don't play well, people don't watch the game, but if you have scored, your name flashes up; it doesn't matter how you've played. So as a striker, that is what I've got to try to do - make sure I score - and if you're doing that, you're also helping the team.”

“My dream was to play for Chelsea - maybe I was bit naive.”

“Nobody in the footballing world got here by having it handed to them.”

“My parents never let me have everything.”

“I want to play for Chelsea. I hope I do get that chance, and I think I can compete.”

“If you play for managers like Karl Robinson, it's about your development, but there are times when you have to stick up for yourself and let defenders know you are around when nobody is looking.”

“In my head, if I don't get a shot at Chelsea, personally, I think I will have failed.”

“I've really enjoyed my time at Palace. The lads were brilliant; the gaffer and training were great.”

“Even though I was sent to private school, it was purely because mum and dad wanted the best for me, and they worked their socks off in order to be able to give me that.”

“A lot of people said I left Nottingham Forest for the wrong reasons, but that wasn't true. I wanted to play for a top team like Chelsea.”

“Sometimes you have to take the opportunity when it comes because it might not come again. That's what my thoughts were when I went to Chelsea.”

“I did French, history, biology, chemistry, and general studies at A level.”

“It will be a tough task to break into the first team at Chelsea.”

“We've actually got a Chelsea loan WhatsApp group. The loan department set it up. Sometimes it drains your battery when everyone is messaging each other.”

“I started at Nottingham Forest cleaning toilets and scrubbing the shower floors.”

“Relegation hurts, of course. It's one of the things that you will keep forever. But you have to move on as soon as you can.”

“Most strikers playing in the Premier League regularly are aged around 23 or 24.”

“I would tell most youngsters to play every week if they can.”

“The fans are entitled to voice their opinion.”