Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes:
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
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
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
Every player wants to score more.
Georginio Wijnaldum
Every team learns when they lose a game.
Georginio Wijnaldum
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Everyone in the Champions League has quality.
Georginio Wijnaldum
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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
I am happy at PSV, but I am a player with a lot of ambition.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I can play in different positions, and if I can do what I’m good at, score goals, show how good I can play football, then it’s OK with me.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I don’t care what other people say about me. I know what I’m capable of.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I don’t want to leave Feyenoord before having made an impact at the club.
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
I think Anfield is a fortress.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I think, a lot of teams, when they come to Anfield and they play a draw, they think it is a good result.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I want to be remembered as a Liverpool player who was part of something special.
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
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
I was always happy to play for the Dutch national team.
Georginio Wijnaldum
I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.
Georginio Wijnaldum
If a whole team doesn’t perform, you cannot pick one player especially and say, ‘He doesn’t do this or do that.’
Georginio Wijnaldum
If you look at the difference games between the bigger and smaller teams, the difference in concentration, and being passive is big; that is my opinion.
Georginio Wijnaldum
It is a fault of the whole team if you don’t deliver.
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
It would be absolutely fantastic to play at Real Madrid together with my friend Royston Drenthe.
Georginio Wijnaldum
It’s always a blow for a team if important players get injured or suspended.
Georginio Wijnaldum
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