At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I don't care what other people say about me. I know what I'm capable of.

I remember my last game for Newcastle in the pre-season, when their fans were singing that they wanted me to stay, but when the opportunity came to play for a great club like Liverpool with such a great history, I had to take it. I hope they understand why I made that choice to go to Liverpool.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Hope History Great

Everything is possible in football.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Very Thing Thin

I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.

Georginio Wijnaldum

You Will Training

Pochettino is a terrific manager if you look at the way his teams play.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Age You Way

The most important thing is to enjoy football because you don't know how long your career is going to last, but it is difficult when things don't go well.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Car Your You

As a football player, you must have a big ego to respect yourself. So if you are a good player, you must say that you are good. You need to have the confidence.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Respect Good Yourself

I can play in a lot of different positions; I can do a lot of things.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Things Thing Thin

I wanted to be a gymnast when I was young - I used to do backflips and all those things in the street and at home - but my grandma said it was dangerous and made me stop.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Home Anger Young

I like Liverpool. I like the club, and I like the fans. The people appreciate me. That's the most important thing.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Thing Thin The Most Important

From the moment I first spoke with him, I knew that I wanted to join Liverpool. I fell for Klopp - hook, line, and sinker.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Mom Men Wit

Every game is different.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Very T Rent

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Good Chance You

He gave me a lot of confidence because he said he liked my way of playing football. He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad. Something like that is always good to hear. It made me happy, especially as it came from such a great trainer like Jurgen Klopp. He showed how good he is at Dortmund with all the success he had.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Success Great Good

I think Anfield is a fortress.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Think Thin T

You always have to put pressure on an opponent.

Georginio Wijnaldum

You Ways Way

I am happy at PSV, but I am a player with a lot of ambition.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Wit T Player

Before I signed for Liverpool, I was playing for Newcastle as a No. 10 - basically, I was always attacking. I didn't have to do much defensive work; I didn't play as the No. 6 or the No. 8.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Work Yin Ways

You always learn from a defeat, even more than when you win games, because when you win, you don't see everything you did wrong.

Georginio Wijnaldum

You Wrong Win

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

Georginio Wijnaldum

Yin Wing Win

When you lose games, you analyse them more than when you win.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Every team learns when they lose a game.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I don't want to leave Feyenoord before having made an impact at the club.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I want to move to one of Europe's best clubs if I leave Rotterdam, just like Robin van Persie and Kuyt did before.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It would be absolutely fantastic to play at Real Madrid together with my friend Royston Drenthe.

Georginio Wijnaldum

You must play with the same intention: to win the game and give everything you have.

Georginio Wijnaldum

You can't afford to lose games. It is always possible that you will not win, but it is the way you play the game.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I like to score goals, as, back in the day, I was used to scoring goals.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Every player wants to score more.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It's my dream to play in a big league, and England would be the perfect choice.

Georginio Wijnaldum

To follow in the footsteps of Dirk Kuyt would be sensational. He triumphed at Feyenoord and has had great success at Liverpool.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It's always a blow for a team if important players get injured or suspended.

Georginio Wijnaldum

With my quality, I feel I can bring a lot to a team that I will join. I want to show it in the big leagues: England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France.

Georginio Wijnaldum

When a lot of players come to a club, it can be difficult to gel because you don't know each other properly.

Georginio Wijnaldum

When it goes bad, you know supporters will be angry at players who were bought for most money.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It's not normal to score four goals in a game.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Everyone in the Champions League has quality.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I was always happy to play for the Dutch national team.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

Georginio Wijnaldum

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

Georginio Wijnaldum

You don't always have to win beautiful.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Liverpool will always buy good players, even if they already have good players. That's normal. I think it has to be normal for a club like Liverpool because that means you're a big club.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Learning to play different roles has made me a more all-round midfielder.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It makes it easier for you to play more often and it makes it easier for the manager if he has players who can be used in different positions.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I think I've shown I have the defensive discipline to play deep as the No.6 and start the build ups with my passing. I can also play higher up the pitch and make a difference in the opposition area. Being able to do both has helped me to play so many games.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I have to be honest: in my career, I've really had to fight to come in the middle again. A lot of managers told me, 'You are way more comfortable as a winger than as a midfielder,' but I always kept my trust and confidence in what I knew about my qualities.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Because I was fast, technical, and could dribble well, it was always the easy thing to label me just a winger and have me stick to that.

Georginio Wijnaldum

At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

Georginio Wijnaldum

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not a defender. You should be in midfield.' That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.

Georginio Wijnaldum