Roma attacker Julio Baptista admits he misses life at Arsenal.

"I wasn't fed up and don't regret it at all. I learnt a lot of things from Wenger, one of the top-class coaches in Europe today, and I wanted to stay," Baptista told The Independent.

"But in the end Real Madrid didn't want to do business with Reyes, so it could not be. My best memory was to score four goals at Liverpool."

The Brazilian has hailed The Premier League for its speedy football but slammed the referees for their lack of severity that can cause serious injury.

"I liked the intensity of the games, the speed that made you think twice as fast as you were used to," he added. "What I didn't like was too much allowance from the referees.

"Some ugly fouls, like the one [at Birmingham last season] on Eduardo da Silva that was typical. It happens too often, this savage type of tackling.

"But The Premier League is ahead of all the other leagues, not so much in quality but in this intensity. Because of the way the game is played, they get from the players everything we can give."