Quotes from Angel Di Maria

I don't have regrets about leaving Real Madrid.

I am not going to lie: I know that there are clubs that want to sign me and can match Real Madrid's demands. But that's up to my representatives and the club. I will stay if the club wants me to stay.

I think I won everything I wanted with Real: La Liga, the Champions League, and the Copa Del Rey.

I really wanted to play in the Premier League, which I'd been watching since I was a youngster every Saturday or Sunday before I'd go and play for Rosario Central.

Cristiano Ronaldo's a special player, but Messi's from another planet.

It hurts when you're always doing your best for your club, and then you hear that you might be going to Tottenham.

For sure, life takes many twists and turns, and one never knows what the future might hold.

It happened to me many times: I had some ugly moments at Madrid, but it all changed, and when I left Madrid, in the end I was much loved.

Maybe the press in Spain do not like me because I do not give interviews.

I think there can be nothing more special than winning something with the shirt of your national team.

If you change, it's because you want to. I will never change, and I never could change because the people around me are the same people who have always been there. My friends are the same, and that means you can never forget where you came from.

I always need to clear up what I do. With everyone else, there is no problem, but with me, all hell is raised up.

There have been other players of a similar build and stature to myself - slim, if you like - who have come here and shown a physical resilience in the way that I hope to as well.

Messi is the best in the world - there is no question about that.

In France, the matches are sometimes very tight, and so it is difficult to score. A free kick can unlock a game.

Football is a strange game.

I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.

It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.

Life in England was a bit difficult. It is not easy for a South American. Some people get on fine, and for others, it is harder to adapt.

My dad worked all day. He would get up at five in the morning and didn't stop working until 10 at night, every day the same.

What I love the most is playing with Argentina.

That desire to win is something that's drummed into you at an early age in my country. In Argentina, you grow up watching great teams and important victories.

It was always a dream and goal of mine to try out in English football.

I am happy at Madrid.