Manchester City signing Alvaro Negredo is confident his style will suit the Premier League.
Although the Spanish national team are famed for their slick passing and technique, Madrid-born Negredo - nicknamed the 'Beast of Vallecas' - is proud of his robust and bullish approach to the game.
"I am happy to be called an English-style centre forward," he told the Manchester Evening News. "I like that type, the tall, strong player who is good in the air, and I like being seen as that kind of player.
"That is one of the main reasons I came here. In Spain people always said I would excel in the English league, so I hope that is the case.
"As a kid I wanted to be like Ronaldo due to his strength and speed over the last few metres, and Gabriel Batistuta because, even though he was smaller, he was very good with his head and had a powerful right foot.
"I don't think I am like them - maybe I have a strong right foot like Batistuta, but I wouldn't want to be compared to them. They are players I look up to."