Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Jan Vertonghen - Page 2
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
It's difficult to gel players.
Revenge - I don't think in these words.
It took me five years to get my first trophy with Ajax but it feels like you have to win a trophy to win more and then they follow. It's just the belief you can win it.
Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.
If I play, even at left-back, I do my best.
I'm addicted - not video games, but board games.
I was always a shy little guy and people in Holland are famous for having big mouths! So you've got to have a big mouth to defend yourself.
Sometimes you have to take a draw.
I'm definitely not a rebel.
I love the environment at Spurs.
The Premier League is probably the best in the world so if you have a lot of players who play well there, it's normal that they are going to grow as players.
It's easy to reach a certain level with chess, but it's very hard to reach the next level.
I can be quite fiery. I was worse when I was younger but even now, when there is a bad decision from... it doesn't matter who, I sometimes want to scream.
I was never the best player in the teams I played for. I always needed time for development.
Ajax want to get as much as they can for me, while Spurs want to pay as little as possible.
Losing is a tough blow to take.
I like consistency in defenders.
I had doubts about going to Ajax because I don't like moving.
I learned how to defend myself at the OSB, not physically but with words.
Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.
I have friends who are Gent fans, and I always drive past their stadium when I go to see my grandmother.
I have never fought in my life but I can be very angry, especially on the pitch.
When you start at Ajax and you're six or seven years old, you're in the best team in the league - always. And you have to dominate, at home and away from home. A draw is never enough. A win is never enough.
I think Tottenham is in a very good place.
When I won my first trophy, it was just a feeling of 'we want more.'