“It isn’t easy to adapt, but once you have, you would have trouble wanting to play anywhere else. The Premier League is way ahead of the Spanish one [La Liga].”

“You play away at a team in the relegation zone and find yourself playing on a perfect pitch, with the stands full to bursting and against opponents who are there to play football.

“Even if they lose, the crowd are going to cheer them on until the end — you only see this in British football.”

“In England a captain must lead by example. Gerrard is someone everyone wants to be like — always the first at training, always grafting the hardest.“You follow him blindly. Moreover, he is a star who decided to stay at Liverpool despite all the offers.”