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In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES

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Xavi
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 25
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Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.
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Celtic, like Barcelona, are more than a football club. Our clubs are a symbol of a culture and community that has not always been made welcome in their respective countries.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there it's a great culture. People respect you more it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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Favourite stadium? I have good memories of my CL debut at Old Trafford, spectacular atmosphere. The Theatre of Dreams, as they say.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barça - and for everyone in football.
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I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...Thats the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola
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I’d love to be faster. Physically I’m limited, but I’ve survived by using my head.
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The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games he's the best. There is no comparison in my view he's the world number one and by a margin.
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There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.
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I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.
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I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.
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I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back : with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.
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The atmosphere generated by the fans in Celtic's stadium for our visit was the most impressive I've ever witnessed. The grounds of Liverpool and Manchester United are good and the hostile feeling of playing against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu is also excellent, but the atmosphere against Celtic was the best.
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If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.
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In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
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Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.
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Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.
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I liked the Paul Ince and Roy Keane partnership Manchester United had. They would have been my team had I moved to England.
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To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years.
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