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" One of the most revealing details about my parents is that they only got together three months before my dad's arrest. "

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" 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?' "

" It's true that my father was imprisoned for three and a half years, and it was because he stood up for what he believed in. It's not a taboo subject in our household. We talk about it. After all, I want to know what happened. "

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

" My goal is to become a key player in one of the ten best clubs in the world and become a leader there. "

" Arsenal were really interested in me for a long time, and I think that I fit into the football Arsenal play. "

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

" You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench. "

" London is really nice, and I'm really happy here, but, of course, I've moved here to play football and not just to be in the city. "

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

" 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. "

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

" It's in my head that I am a leader, and captaining Monchengladbach was very good for me. "

" I'm a person who thinks realistically but has dreams and fantasies as well. "

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

" I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted. "

" 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. "

" Here in the Premier League, you have to give 100 per cent for the whole 90 minutes. It's not like after 70 minutes you can say, 'We're 2-0 up, so let's have some fun now' - that doesn't happen in the Premier League. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge. "

" Actually, it's normal when you come to a new club and country: you need to get used to the language, the philosophy of the team, the squad, the coach. "

" I've picked up quite a few yellow cards in the last few years - a few reds, too. That was the case as a youth player as it is now. But I don't see it as a problem. That's how I play. If you take that away, then I wouldn't be where I am now. So I don't think the yellow cards or the red cards are too big of an issue. "

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

" I am a very simple man. I love normality, and I love normal people. I love to eat normal food. It's how I grew up. "