Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Jan Vertonghen
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Belgian footballer Jan Vertonghen.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
When I was six, I joined an amateur club called VK Tielrode in Belgium where I lived.
Januzaj is someone a bit like Origi, there's no pressure and he plays like he's on the street.
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 think the way City spends, I would say it's a lot of money. But they spend it in a responsible way. They attract good players, young players and they cost a lot of money.
My favourite thing, what I want of course, is to play in the Champions League with Tottenham.
Sometimes you're a victim of your own success.
The atmosphere in England is absolutely amazing and I'd be delighted to play in the Premier League.
It's flattering to be linked with clubs, the rumours give me confidence but I just try to do my best every game.
I get along well with at least 10 guys at Tottenham, but if I were to leave tomorrow, I'd get a text and that's it. Just like at Ajax. It's mostly at school that you make friends.
We want to dominate, we want to entertain the crowd and play in a very positive way.
In my family no-one did high level sports at all.
To play for a team in the Premier League would be amazing and that's what I am going for.
I want to play in a cup final.
The interest of a great club like Barcelona is certainly flattering. That is confirmation that I am doing a good job.
In more than 10 years, I've formed three real friendships. Mousa Dembele, for example. We've known each other since we were 12, our wives are from Amsterdam, he lives in London and we both have a kid.
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.
Obviously you have to trust the VAR to make the right decision.
It was my task to train hard and respect my team-mates all the time I wasn't playing or was on the bench, so I hope I did that.
Ajax is the best academy in the world.
I'm a big fan of the Premier League, but you can't say no when a club like Milan come knocking.
When you don't play, you realise how important it is and it's extremely important for me.
With all strikers, it's just about needing a bit of confidence.
Sometimes it's better if you can play in only one position. You see that with other players. These guys specialise in one position and they can completely concentrate.
I am who I am, and I try to influence the team in my own way, especially with my performances on the pitch. If possible, I try to help the team in the dressing room as well by offering encouragement where needed.
I can play at left-back and I can help the team at times. But everyone knows I am not a left-back.
I think so many things look like a penalty in slow motion.
To be playing in a Champions League final is something to cherish.
Even in the Belgium team, we get the respect. Teams are not happy when they have to face us.
I chose Spurs because they gave me a good feeling. I spoke to Daniel Levy and Rafael van der Vaart.
I don't want to regret anything in my career.
The FA Cup is very important.
I love playing in Europe.
I want to play in Europe, as the national team is important for me.
I'm not a guy who wants to push himself into the spotlight or stand out from the crowd.
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.
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.
The most important thing when I joined Ajax was to combine it with school.
Central defence is my favourite position.
I always eat the same thing on game day, or I read a book to calm myself.
I chose Spurs and I think it's turned out well. I felt I was joining a great team, with great plans and the personal chats I had with people at Spurs were great.
Becoming champion is definitely one of the goals I want to achieve.
In Champions League home games, you expect to win.
Six years at Ajax and eight years at Tottenham, that reflects the way I want to be as a footballer, I like stability and that is what Benfica offered me and that was very important for me.
Adama Traore and Diogo Jota are incredibly fast and difficult to stop.
The position as a striker is the hardest one in the Premier League. If you look at some top, top strikers, even they struggle to score goals here.
I'm not going to say the Dutch league is naive but they all play to win. In the Premier League, you have teams with a different idea.
I'm a normal guy who wants to play games, whether it be the first, the 95th or the 97th of my international career.
I want to play in Europe and learn another language. Spain and Italy are options.
I think I enjoy life in England because there is a lot of respect amongst the people here. People are very nice to each other - they are respectful, particularly of traditions, which I like.
You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The pace is unbelievable in the Premier League.
You want to win trophies.
Vermaelen is like a role model to me. His life is all about football and he's extremely disciplined. I'm more laid-back than he is. Thomas isn't the type of person to go out for a drink on a regular basis, unlike me.
It's one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.
Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garden, on the street.
I am convinced that if you win one trophy, then the rest will follow.
Of course you have Messi and Ronaldo. And then you've got a lot of players who are very close to each other and I think Gareth Bale is one of them, like at the level of the best teams in the world. He could play for every team in the world. For me he's a world class player.
Obviously the leagues are different. The Premier League is much more competitive than the Dutch league.
I want to play as many games as possible.
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.
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