Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Gerard Deulofeu
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish athlete Gerard Deulofeu.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
I am happy at Everton, but the only team I want to play for is Barcelona.
At Barca B, I played No. 9 and think I played well.
Cristiano has a lot to his game - he is good in the air, his shooting is perfect, his left foot perfect, and he is more of a striker than a winger now, a No. 9.
When you stay with Barcelona and are only 15 or 16, the people show you a lot of time, and you are in the newspaper every day. This sometimes is good, but sometimes this is bad.
With one coach, you have a lot of confidence, and you play well. Then you go with another coach, and your confidence is zero. Football is this.
I always followed Everton. If the team were playing on television, I would watch the game. If not, then I would look to check the results. I always wanted to see how they were doing.
I left Barcelona because I believed it was very difficult to have minutes in the first team, as there are very good players.
I am a winger, but in future, I want to play more in the middle. When you are there, you have a lot more chances to score.
Like all players, I do not like being a substitute.
I need to play a lot of games and feel important to a team.
I am very happy at Milan: the coach and his staff have given me a lot of confidence, and I'm also happy with the relationship with my team-mates.
When Pep was at Barcelona, I was so young, 16 or 17 years old. I went to training a lot, and Pep Guardiola told me a lot of things, but I didn't stay in the first team. He is an amazing coach, and if he comes to the Premier League, I think he will win a lot of titles.
I learned personally and in football. Until you're away, and you have no family, the food, the weather, you don't know what you have, and you learn to value things.
It is nice to hear things said about you, but if I was to stay at Milan, then I'd be happy. It is a great club.
Obviously, training at Barcelona is a fantastic experience. You train alongside players like Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, who are clearly some of the best players in the world.
I'm 23, and I have played in the Premier League, in La Liga and in Italy.
I like a little pressure. That's how football goes.
I need to be a first-team player.
I am trying to improve the defensive side of my game and become an all-round wide-player, but my USP is that I am an attacking winger that takes players on, commits opponents, and excites fans. I think we are an increasingly rare breed.
I want to have my career, not sit on the bench. I want to work hard, to push myself. I want to play.
I would really like to be at Barca because it is the best team in the world. I would like to be in the first team, but also, I know it is very complicated, as there are very good players.
I learned many things in England. Above all, I learned that until you leave home, you don't know to appreciate what you have.
There is a specific mentality that is put into the young players at Barcelona, and from nine or 10 years old, you have to make good seasons because, if not, you are out.
It's clear that I will not be returning to Barca.
Sometimes, the players who are not spoken about a lot, they grow and get better - with silence.
I worked hard at Everton. I learned many things, and I was lucky enough to achieve my goal of returning home.
There are not too many coaches who trust in young guys.
I want to play more minutes. I'm a player who doesn't want to stay on the bench or not in the squad.
England's very different. I was at Barcelona for 10 years, and it's another world.
It is clear that whenever you receive offers, or there are talks about interest of other clubs, it's because you are doing well at your club.
I'm confident in Watford.
You don't have to be too clever to know that if Barcelona loaned me to another team, it's because they have little interest in me.
Not every young player is going to succeed at Barca.
I used to go with my father to practice on the village pitch and with my friends.
I want to play and be happy. I am not happy being on the bench, like most players.
I have a natural connection with Romelu. We stay most days after training and meet up to practice my crosses and him getting on the end of them. He is a top player, and he takes up the best positions for an old-fashioned winger like myself.
United are at a good level, but they are not on the same level as Barca.
If I had not accepted Milan, then I definitely wouldn't have been called to the national team.
I follow the Premier League quite a lot. It's one of the best leagues in the world.
Barcelona, of course, it is part of me.
Many managers prefer to play with wingers that cut inside a lot and don't hug the touchline.
I do not want to live more from the past. I have my present and a great future that is on the other side.
I'm not someone who moans.
I feel that I can be a regular at Watford.
The tactical way of Pep is the most incredible I have ever seen. When he was at Barcelona, that was their best team, I think.
Always, you have these objectives when you are young. You think you can be the best, and that's what I have to be because, if not, I'm not playing football.
I think La Masia is the most important academy in the world. The coaches and the whole club helps you for your future.
At Barcelona, there is always talk of signings, but I want to compete with the best.
Playing with Romelu Lukaku is easy for me.
When family and friends go to Everton, they tell me that there's a moment when I get the ball, and fans get to their feet in anticipation. There's so much at stake that people live under permanent pressure.
There is absolutely no chance of me going back to Barcelona. They don't want me to, and I don't want to, either.
I've never had an idol, but I watched Ronaldinho and then players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi. They are so good, it's impossible not to notice them.
If you play good, then you stay in the newspaper all the time.
At the end of the day, it's me who has to earn the right to play more.
I love the Premier League. I've been here on loan and feel comfortable.
In football, I have learned to forget the past, think about the present, and the future will come as it may - thinking about it would be a mistake.
There is life beyond Barcelona.
There is only one Messi.
I would like to do what Cristiano has done: start wide and go into the middle as a No. 10 or 9.
I'm an attacking player, and I can play wide.
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