A Quote by Edgar Davids

Football is more verbal in Holland, but there is a different approach in England.

Edgar Davids

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Approach Different Different Approach England Football Holland More Verbal

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Edgar Davids
Dutch - Athlete
Born: March 13, 1973

Stadiums are full, pitches are good, the press is different, people are different, the football culture is different. Everyone talks highly of England and I'd like to experience it one day. You see more space, more opportunity to enjoy your football. It's more physical, more intense, but I think I'd be comfortable.

Sergio Busquets

I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

Anton Corbijn

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

David Silva

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

Dennis Bergkamp

I went to Holland and had a good season where I learned a lot about a different type of football. And then going to the Championship. We all know what that's like, how tough it is. And that added a different part to my game.

Mason Mount

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

John Lothrop Motley

I'm a shareholder in three networks in Holland. That allows me to put ideas that we create in Holland on air in Holland, and if it works, then we distribute the show's format globally.

John de Mol, Jr.

It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.

Emmanuel Petit

I'm very fond of the strictly visual cartoons I did when I was breaking in in the 1970's. Over time I migrated to a more verbal approach.

Robert Mankoff

When English football started to integrate more with European football, England started to share the Latin culture more.

Mauricio Pochettino

It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for.

Granit Xhaka

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

Luka Modric

I think my style of play would be appreciated in England, but as Spanish football is more technical, rather than box-to-box like in English football, my physical style is highlighted much more.

Pepe

If I'm going to work in Holland I would like to have more of a chance to do something in the league, because a Europa League place might be slightly easier to target than in England.