“It's a big challenge for a defender to prove yourself in a country lik...” — Matthijs de Ligt Quote

“It's a big challenge for a defender to prove yourself in a country like Italy as a non-Italian.”

“At Bayern, I played with Neuer with Muller, serial winners who have won everything, the World Cup, Champions League and Bundesliga. Just looking at these guys and learning certain things from them, it's always so valuable.”

“I think you should be in charge of your own body.”

“It's like, every game you never know how a defender is going to play you. You have to be mentally focused.”

“I don't care how good of a defender you are, if your team isn't getting wins, you aren't going to get D-POY.”

“Defender Birendra Lakra, unfortunately, had to miss Rio Olympics due to injury, but we had ready replacements - Harmanpreet Singh and Surender Kumar. They did better because they got the exposure of playing ahead of Olympics. That's the magic of rotational system.”