“Cristiano Ronaldo was my hero.”

“I just want to convert and create chances as well.”

“I'm close to the Brazilians, especially Fabinho because of the language, but I also have a good relationship with Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson.”

“I was always the smallest guy on the pitch, that's never affected me, I'm used to it.”

“Football is always a challenge between us to play in the games, to face different challenges as well.”

“Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.”

“Gentlemen, this is the football.”

“In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally.”