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" The first few months in a new country are always really hard. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" In games, you notice there's more sprints than in Bundesliga. It takes a while to get used to. "

" 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. "

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

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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?' "

" Moving to England, again it's a new language to learn, and I've got to get use to the mentality, the culture, but I think I've integrated myself really well into this team, and I'm happy so far. "

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

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

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" I have never had any contact with Bayern Munich, let alone have agreed personal terms. "

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" I wouldn't change myself for anybody. I am who I am; people accept me, or they don't. I have my strengths and my weaknesses, which I can try to improve upon, of course. I'm still not the finished product. "

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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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" 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. "

" 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. "