Ross Barkley

“You want to be playing off the cuff sometimes to take chances and make something happen.”

“I achieved my dream of playing for Everton, from a young age I always dreamed of scoring for Everton.”

“My first tattoo was when I was 14. I was a bit young, like. I was a big lad so they didn't question my age at the time.”

“If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.”

“We can all improve.”

“I played a lot of games at a young age and I feel like I'm an older player in the side now. I communicate a lot more on the pitch and in the training room now.”

“I feel I'm a player who entertains and gets people on the edge of their seats, as well as trying to be a game-changer who can win a game for the team.”

“We are not in the game to accept where we are at.”

“It's not me feeling pressure, it's just me putting pressure on myself if I don't do my best, and I know I can do better.”

“Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.”

“If things aren't going well there's always going to be pressure that comes with it.”

“Chelsea is a massive club, you aim to win the Premier League or are challenging for trophies with the aim to win everything.”

“I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.”

“In my living room I always used to tell my mum 'one day I'll score for Everton' and when that happened it was unbelievable for me.”

“You can take a bit of criticism from your manager now and then, but you have to react to it which I have done.”

“It was a big decision to leave Everton and it took me a lot of time to think over.”

“I never thought I would not play for my country.”

“When you first come back from a long-term injury, you're just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.”

“I am obsessed with improving.”

“I looked up to Rooney and he had played for Everton when he was 16 and I wanted to do the same.”