A Quote by Massimiliano Allegri

Niang is very good in front of the goal, and he's also a quick learner. He is a versatile striker who can play both as a centre forward and as a second striker.

Massimiliano Allegri

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Massimiliano Allegri
Italian - Athlete
Born: August 11, 1967

My second year in Rome was very good. Back then, a striker was a striker. Strikers scored goals; they didn't defend. Today this is normal, but it wasn't at that time. If you wanted to play my style of football you couldn't have old players or famous players who were unwilling to do the job both ways: attacking and also defending.

Sven-Goran Eriksson

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

Diego Forlan

I have always said that a striker scores a goal but not every goal is scored by a striker. A goalkeeper can make a mistake which is a goal, but every goal still goes past him and you have to accept that.

Simon Mignolet

I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal.

Aymeric Laporte

I still believe I can be a striker but, if you want to be a striker, you have to think more about yourself and that's why you are a striker.

Ryan Babel

I wasn't your average striker because I didn't play as an out-and-out centre-forward.

Mario Kempes

I don't really mind where I play - left, right, up front on my own, or with another striker. I'm just versatile like that, and I don't mind playing anywhere in attack.

Victor Moses

You need two or three players who can do that - play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing... striker, maybe. If we have those, it's good for the team.