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I feel I am a total defender.
A Champions League final is so rare to play.
If you're injured, it's always mentally hard.
We are never satisfied. We always try to improve.
I do not want to be 36 years old and can hardly walk.
It's always been a dream to play at a club like Spurs.
I am very fortunate to have had the education at Ajax.
I have been very lucky to get the managers in the world.
I just try to help Tottenham as best I can with my qualities.
I signed for Tottenham for a reason, and I love to play here.
I've played with Jan Vertonghen for Ajax and the national team.
I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.
Simeone, De Boer, Van Basten - fantastic names to have worked with.
I enjoyed English football from day one when I was with Southampton.
At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.
It's nice when you join another club that you know a couple of players.
Since I was 15, I have not spent a Christmas or a New Year with my family.
Keeping mental freshness is sometimes difficult... but it is easier when you win.
Do I hope Batshuayi comes to Tottenham? Yes, of course. He has a lot of qualities.
If you have a good squad, and the hunger is there to win something, you can do it.
When a club like Milan is interested, there are not many players who would say 'no.'
If you have two weeks of no feeling in your leg, you start to wonder, 'Will it ever return?'
I'm enjoying the Premier League; I'm enjoying playing for Southampton - I love the club, and I love the supporters.
I'm grateful to play at Wembley - it is a very historical place - but it is not the same feeling as White Hart Lane.
It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.
I rarely see my family; my older brother, Peter, has twins - I was not there on the day of their birth or for any of their birthdays.
Who am I, of course, to judge them, but the Premier League must urgently think about a rest period in a European Championship or World Cup year.
At Wembley, it's difficult for the fans to come there and make it your home. Sometimes the stadium wasn't full because the maximum on the capacity.
I won the title three times with Ajax; I played in the Champions League final and won the league title with Atletico. I have also played in the World Cup.
How happy am I on a scale of one to 10? When you have a daughter, it's 10 out of 10. It doesn't matter what happens. The joy that I get from that, I try to give it to my football.
I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength - this is mine.
At Ajax, I got an education in how to be confident on the ball, my technique, and then, at Atletico, I learned how to defend. It was about the details, the ruthlessness; be clinical in front of your own goal, win every duel, be clever. I learned so much and, defensively, I grew there so much.