Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

It's important for any player to be versatile enough to be able to play in different positions. ”

Me being myself, I'm not happy when I'm not playing. ”

The more positions I can play, it gives the manager a nice headache, and it can be helpful for him. ”

When my dad was still playing, he was away for five years on and off, so it just used to be me and my mum at home until my little brother came along when I was five. ”

Arsenal are all about nice, intricate passing movements around the box, so if I shoot too much from outside the box without scoring, the boss will have a go at me! ”

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer. ”

You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up. ”

I got to be around an England team at a World Cup in Brazil, and that was an amazing experience. ”

I can have the worst game of my life, come off the pitch, and my mum will tell me I was great! That's what mums do. ”

People at school used to assume I was going to be a footballer, and it wasn't until I got to 16, when I was at Southampton, that I had a doubt for the first time in my life. Southampton said I wasn't big enough, but it was just because I hadn't grown. Simple as that. ”