Top 148 Midfield Quotes & Sayings

When I was at MK Dons, I played all the games in centre midfield, so it's not like it's new to me.

Over the long term, it is definitely my ambition to play in the midfield.

My favourite position is in the midfield. I think I can play to my strengths there. I can communicate with every player. I'm more in the game, because as a right-back you have to stay on one side and you're not always in the game for 90 minutes. So I prefer the centre midfield position.

Arsenal wanted me to be a controller in the midfield, an Emmanuel Petit-type.

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

I've played all over, to be honest. Centre-half, defensive midfield, attacking midfield.

Normally, I play in midfield where I'm challenging the players and trying to take the ball.

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.

When I first signed schoolboy forms for United, as a midfield player, I felt for a while that I was just treading water.

World-class midfield players get their share of goals and that's something I want to add to my game.

My position at Tottenham was in the centre of midfield, and I have played there for Croatia, I feel I am best there.

It doesn't matter who you play against in midfield, you need to try to come out on top and more often than not when a team wins a midfield battle they normally have a good chance of winning the game because that's where a lot of the play goes through.

Dominating the midfield is the most important thing in modern football. To succeed, you have to be good at everything.

Mario Mandzukic works so hard for his team. He's not only a No. 9 but also runs behind the defenders and drops into midfield.

I don't like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield. You risk losing too much space.

You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.

Central midfield has been my main position, but I'll play wherever the gaffer wants me.

I used to say I preferred midfield because I enjoy trying to make goals, and scoring is a buzz.

Playing left midfield a lot at West Ham has been tough but the manager has put me there and I've got every faith in what he's doing.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

At Newcastle, I was playing in the No 10 position but also in midfield as a left winger.

When I played in the Benfica youth teams, they would always call me to play in midfield if someone was missing and I didn't ever embarrass myself.

My favorite position is in the center of the midfield, maybe the defensive midfield. I think I can play this position the best. I played there in my youth all the time, and I like to be in the center of the game because you're never standing still.

John Bond has brought in a young left-sided midfield player, who I guess will play on the left side of midfield.

I find it interesting as every year people say the midfield is as tight as ever but it is always tight, it is always competitive. I've pretty much spent my entire career in the midfield so I know about it!

I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.

With Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez I played in midfield, so at that time I thought that was my position.

When you play in midfield, you've got to have legs

I've played midfield my whole life.

I have been lucky enough to work with great coaches. My father was also a coach, and my position in central midfield requires tactical knowledge.

When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position.

The guys who play in midfield and up front are the ones who decide games.

It's a different playing style than at Monaco; there were two of us in midfield there, and here at Liverpool, there's three.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

Defensive midfield can be the one position that's easier to play as you get older.

I've grown up playing in central midfield more, and I think my natural game is about coming inside from wide.

I like to be active in space in behind the opposition's midfield. That's where I can hurt the opponent most of all.

I think that Sarri's formation and playing with a midfield three have been fundamental for me.

The midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside.

I moved into midfield because I ruptured my Achilles tendon and couldn't run anymore - it's not what I wanted to do, it's what I had to do!

Tevez is an extraordinary striker. Not only does he score goals, but he also helps his teammates and the midfield, too.

The AZ captain Teun Koopmeiners, a left-footed centre back who can sit in midfield, is probably the best player in Holland in defensive areas.

I have worked on my defense skills and played in the midfield as well. Coaches are preparing players to play at any given position.

In the midfield, I'm not the most comfortable playing with my back to the goal, and in the midfield you find that ball a lot.

I'm a very versatile player, I have covered many midfield roles but my favourite one is the centre-midfield.

But I loved playing in midfield. In midfield you always have a sight of goal, you're always participating in all the plays.

I've said it a few times over the years that I'm very happy in midfield.

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the box and obviously play-make.

England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield.

The No 10 position is my favourite role, and I'm a player who likes to play in between the lines and try and break that midfield line.

I prefer advanced midfield, like a No. 10, but you know me: I'll play anywhere for Villa.

As a holding midfield player, you want movement and to play between the lines.

The midfield picks itself - Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A N Other.

Midfield, defence - I have even played out wide for Everton, so I will do a job anywhere and give 100 percent.

If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones alone who determine that, because now we have strikers who drop into midfield and defenders who move up into the midfield. It is the area you must dominate.

When I was switching around in my early stages, people underestimated how difficult it was just to go from playing centre midfield to right-back to centre-back to right-back to centre midfield.

You cannot play the position Kroos plays in defensive midfield besides Luka Modric better than he does.

It's very physical in the midfield, but I've come into my own now, and I can handle it in there.

All coaches now look for forwards who not only score goals but also run back and help in midfield.