Freddie Ljungberg

“I played against Ashley Cole all the time in training. For me, he is the best left-back in the world. He was the hardest opponent and I had him every day in training.”

“If there's a back door somewhere, I take it. I try to get about without being noticed.”

“I was an underwear model for Calvin Klein for a few years. It is not something I wanted to do at first. I never regretted it, but I am a shy person, and to stand there buck naked in front of...”

“I like entertaining football but, at the same time, you can't concede goals. That's a tricky balance to find.”

“Where I am from in Sweden was on the beach, so I love the sound of the water hitting the dock.”

“I have a house with its own dock and I can take my boat out when I want.”

“I won almost everything there is to win and I look back with great memories.”

“And at West Ham no one gives you a puzzled look if you get called up for your national team and players are never asked to play on injections.”

“I loved my time in Japan, and I am grateful to have had the chance to live in Japan and embrace the Japanese culture.”

“I had to have tests for cancer and other diseases - it wasn't much fun. I was getting a shooting pain in my hip and we didn't know what it was. First of all we thought it was an old injury....”

“Sweden usually don't play good against the poor teams. We like being the underdogs.”

“I didn't know exactly what to expect when I first came to Seattle but I have to say that how the city and the fans have embraced me has gone beyond my wildest dreams and for that I am foreve...”