Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Tino Livramento

I was at Chelsea for so long and grew up a fan and never played at Stamford Bridge in a competitive game.

Every single year, I have a routine of setting goals and there is only so much you can do at youth level.

Being young, I've always wanted to just play first-team football as soon as possible.

That's kind of always been that thing in the back of mind if I'm good enough to do certain things or take that next step in my career.

The Premier League is the toughest in the world probably, there's not going to be an easy game. It is what I've dreamt of, so when I step onto that pitch I'm just playing how I want to play, playing with freedom and that is what the manager wants.

I'll never have a bad word to say about how Chelsea treated me growing up and developing me into the player I am today. It's probably the best academy in the world that anyone would want to go to and develop.

When Southampton showed interest it was hard for me to turn down a club that has proven to be a great place for young players to grow and get given the opportunity to show a bigger audience that they are ready.

It is all well and good talking about it, but until you get tested and come out of your comfort zone a bit, you don't see how you really are as a player.

I've always liked the way Southampton play football, high intensity and really aggressive playing. The way they play with the full-backs I'm not going to be sitting back for the whole game, it is going to give me opportunities to get forward and show what I can give in attack.

You've got to enjoy competition and when you get given any opportunity you've got to take it.

You never know when you're going to get given the opportunity that change many things in your life.

Going into Chelsea when I was around seven for the trial, there were loads of boys there.

Me and my dad sat down in May and we spoke and thought the next step would be for me to push into a Premier League team and we felt the better route for me was to leave Chelsea.

I think it is also good for my development, playing in a team like Southampton at right-back where sometimes you're going to be under pressure and be one-v-one with the best players in the world, let alone the League.