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More Quotes by Xabi Alonso
Being a manager is so different to being a footballer. It's a very difficult job, but, of course, it's very exciting as well.
I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.
If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.
I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is.
Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play, how to read the match. You have to truly understand the game.
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.
I have been progressing throughout my career, which is a very good sign.
As long as we have the possibility then we still have to fight for it.
I am still a Liverpool fan and will be forever, absolutely
You need to have the same ideas to work as a team, to have a good team spirit. And you don't get there in a day or even a month. It takes some time to get there.
