Quotes from Marcos Alonso

When you are a kid, you aren't mature and you want to get up and play every week.

Both when you defend and when you attack it needs to be about possession and positioning is vital.

My father is a massive Barcelona and Atletico fan because he used to play in those teams.

The best way to make a name for yourself is to do well on the pitch.

Chelsea are a club that had always attracted me.

From my early years at Bolton I knew that Chelsea were a great club and the truth is that I was right to come here.

Here at Fiorentina there are great players with whom I can train and learn, like Mario Gomez, Guiseppe Rossi and Massimo Ambrosini - there is a big difference compared to Bolton.

I am very happy to be at Fiorentina and I hope to help the team to fight for the first positions.

It's modern football - having the ball, controlling the game, and being well positioned when you lose possession.

The only thing that counts is hard work.

I don't really care about the critics or when people talk good about me. It can't affect you. I'm one to trust myself and to look for more.

In England I feel very well known, not only by Chelsea's fans, but also by other teams.

It is not easy to bring the methods of a new manager to the Premier League.

To win games sometimes I need to get more in attack, and sometimes I need to defend more, but the main thing is to focus on getting the three points every game, and I will manage when to go forward more and when to help the team in defence.

My natural position is left-back in a four-man defence, but you have to be ready to help the team in the way the coach wants.

It's good to play in different ways.

Football forgets everything very quick.

Luis Enrique has shown at Barcelona that he is a great coach with many qualities and I believe he would be good for any club, but I do not know him a lot on a personal level.

Every season with Chelsea, we have to fight for every competition and every game and we will go for it.

Pedro is a very good friend and I like to catch up with him after training.

I decided to join Bolton because I didn't get lots of minutes at Real Madrid.

All my life I had played in a back-four, at Real Madrid Castilla and at Bolton.

Real Madrid was my home for a long time and I've not forgotten it. I grew up there, I met a lot of people and I made my debut. There's part of me that will always be there, I can't deny it. To play for the first team was a dream.

Before Bolton I played for Real Madrid and I was getting involved in the first-team training since I was 16 and then I played with the first team at 18.