A Quote by Jesus Navas
Defenders are always tough, whether you play in Spain or England.
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If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.
In Spain, we have a pretty good league - for me, I think it's the second-best league in the world. They play tough there, they play aggressive. The big difference is that we play only one game a week in Spain, maybe two.
The space between keepers and defenders is referred to as the 'corridor of opportunity' - a well-hit pass in there has the goalie questioning whether to come into traffic and defenders unsure of whether or where to clear the ball.
If you play in France, Spain or Italy it is not the same football, especially when you play in England. Every game is very difficult.
There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.
The Scottish league was good for me to get fully fit, but my goal was always to play in England or Spain because I consider those two competitions to be the best in the world.
Every time Spain play England at any level, it is difficult.
Spain and England have great leagues, and it would be nice to play there when the time comes.
I've always been willing to get on the ball when I play for England. I've never hidden, but I'm more relaxed; my decision making is better because I'm calmer. Technically, it's a different level in Spain, and I've had to bring myself up to that at club level.
I made my England debut when I was 17, against India. I was the first Asian to play for the England women's team, and I did have mixed feelings playing against the country my parents are from but I was born and bred in England and I've always known I wanted to play for my country.
The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.
Castilian Spanish-speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian-speaking Spain, Galician-speaking Spain and Basque-speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship.
I had plenty of opportunities before I went to Spain to stay in England, and I had made a decision that I would go and work in Spain.
I've got Spanish grandparents and I've got a connection with Spain. But I consider myself English and I want to play for England.
I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.
It is very tough in England. Every away game is hard, of course. And normally, if you're a big club like Chelsea, you're supposed to win games at home against smaller clubs. But in England, that's not the case. We must play well every game.
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