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" 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. "

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

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

" Personally, I can handle criticism, especially when it is deserved, and it's because my dad never, ever said 'Well done' to me. He did it on purpose so that I kept my feet on the ground. "

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" 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. "

" Individual quality doesn't decide games for us but the whole team. "

" I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Lots of people talk about the character of our team, that it's not right and that we need to do more. But we always show that we can come back. "

" 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. "

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

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

" People who know me know that I don't talk about the play-offs. It's not an issue for me at all. "

" It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament. "

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

" I am still young; I am still fresh, and I want more. "

" What happens here, the daily agenda of Arsenal, is very different from what I experienced in Monchengladbach. "

" I think every new player needs time when they come to a new club and a new country, and I certainly did. "

" 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?' "

" Here at Basel is where I made my first professional steps. I came up and grew up through the FC Basel school. "

" My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me. "

" It's aggressive, and I like the way Arsenal play football. It's not like other countries, but it's very, very nice here. "

" 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. "

" Every Monday, we're asked to undertake jump tests to check the conditions of our muscles. There's nothing you can hide. Once a week, they do urine tests, and your body fat percentage is tested regularly. The doctors cover all bases. "

" I am in an outstanding city, an outstanding club. The only thing that Arsenal has been missing is a league title. "

" A club like Arsenal, it's normal that expectations are high. This club must compete for titles, and that's what we want to do. "

" 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. "

" You can see the players are world-class just by the way they pass the ball. Ozil, Sanchez, and Cazorla, for example, are huge personalities. Even though the club maybe spent more money on me, I can still learn a lot from them in any respect. "

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