39 Midfield Quotes for You to Enjoy

A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical. Conrad Black

When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Favourite Central Midfield Play Position

I just want to be able to be an attacking influence and have that effect further up the pitch; whether that's from an attacking midfield position or one of the wider positions coming in, I'm not too fussed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that. Xavi

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If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas. Ruud van Nistelrooy

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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! John Barnes

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

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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

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

Also Left Newcastle Midfield Playing Position

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while. Edwin van der Sar

If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win. Xabi Alonso

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As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball. Glenn Hoddle

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

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I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and then in one tournament, we lost two defenders to injury in the same game, and we didn't have any on the bench. So I played at the back, and the manager of the first team saw me, and he said, 'I want this guy in the first team,' and that was that! David Luiz

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As I'm growing up, going into holding midfield, I'm watching Busquets quite a lot for Barcelona. The way he controls the game, his reading of it, technically, defensively - everything about him cuts him out above the rest. I'm really enjoying watching him. Declan Rice

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

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I played fly-half in rugby, so I could influence the game, and midfield in hockey too. So it is part of my sporting DNA to want to be in the game at all times, to affect what is going on. That's down to genetics and being ginger, I reckon. We're special specimens. Jonny Bairstow

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

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