I have played against, but not with, Zinedine Zidane and would liked to have played with him.
I learned a lot from Zinedine Zidane with the national team.
I always wanted to be one of the best players in the world like Zinedine Zidane, so it was great that I ended up playing at West Ham against some of the best players in the world.
When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League, and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful days of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane.
Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.
Barcelona is the best club in the world; My team-mates are Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suarez, or King Lionel Messi.
I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.
I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane... a humble guy who just happened to be the best
I played Zidane throughout my career, and for many players you reach a point where you learn lessons on how to handle them. But from the first match I played against him to the last, Zidane would find different ways to beat me.
Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane.
Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.
Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa.
I was a young player at Real, but working with players like Zidane and Beckham every day taught me such a lot: how you win and lose as a team and how you must respect your team-mates.
Zinedine Zidane knows how to deal with me.
Of course Lothar Matthaus is always going to be associated with the 1990 World Cup. But does everyone immediately remember what titles Gunter Netzer, Johan Cruyff or Luis Figo won? Or do they also think about how those players played their football and how they led their teams?
I'm not much to watch. I run, I fight, I'm not elegant like Raul, Figo, Zidane or Beckham.