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" I'm looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I'm definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club. "

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" Arsenal is Arsenal. It's not a small club; it's a very big club, and it's like a family. It's very good for me because I love my family, and to have another family here is very good. "

Granit Xhaka

Small

Family

" Ottmar is a big coach and a good gentleman. I don't know if I'm a young Schweinsteiger; I'm another player. I am Granit Xhaka. "

" It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for. "

Granit Xhaka

Football

Different

" I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong. "

" Arsenal prepare the players in the best way. They pay attention to every detail. We are able to recover optimally during our flights. The food and the service, everything's geared perfectly to each other. "

" Arsenal play attractive football, and I enjoy that. I think you could see against the MLS side that this team has a lot of quality, and we'll give our all to show that on the pitch. "

" There a lot of occasions when Albanians cause trouble, but then we are also very nice people. People sometimes forget that there are good people from the Balkans as well. "

" I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that. "

" I still want to improve in every way. I'm a young player. I want to work, and that's my aim: to improve in every single aspect of my play. "

" I will give everything to help Arsenal win trophies and make the fans happy. "

" You always need a certain amount of time to fully adjust; it was no different when I moved to the Bundesliga. "

" I know that there are coaches in the Bundesliga that have said in team meetings, 'Provoke Xhaka; he will eventually go ballistic.' I think that is sad. That, in my view, has nothing to do with football. "

" In Camden, it's just the atmosphere that gets me. It's simple. It's nice. It's real. And it's the people, too. I like to interact with them because they are normal and I am normal. People probably don't expect an Arsenal player to come to Camden Lock and, basically, be a normal guy. "

Granit Xhaka

I Am

Real

" The fans are amazing. I'm really happy here at Arsenal, and I'm going to do my best for this club. "

" When I think about a mid-table club like Everton spending £150 million during the summer, I am lost for words. "

" In football, you get criticised if you are sent off. It's my style of play, and nobody can make me change that. Even if I get another red card, then that happens. You become cleverer, maybe look more, and since my red card, I think things have improved. "

Granit Xhaka

Think

Style

" I'll give my all on the pitch, as I have in recent years. That's what is important. We will give our all to win something. "

" It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit. "

" In the past, we showed that we could play football, but Vladimir Petkovic has worked with us on the psychological side of things in particular. I think that's where we've made the most progress. He's brought us closer together as a team. "

" Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit. "

" I heard my new team-mates saying, 'We have got to hope that we don't go down.' I thought to myself, 'What kind of a mentality is that?' "

" I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself. "

" The Premier League is not my goal but a childhood dream. It is a dream that could be fulfilled. "

" In football, you just have to develop yourself. "

" When I was younger, even though I had a big brother, my parents would give me the house key every day. "

" Maybe if I was born in Kosovo, I might not be where I am now, so I need to thank Switzerland, of course, because I went to school there, learnt to play football there, and started my career there. "

" I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further. "

Granit Xhaka

Still

Europe

" If you win, you're heroes. But if you don't, then you're losers. That might sound harsh, but that's the way it is. "

" He's not a coach who speaks to you every day. Wenger has spoken to me two or three times. He's told me he's very impressed by how I train and how I'm a disciplined character. "

" I never used to be taken seriously as a Swiss person. "