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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" We always have hope. Hope dies last. "

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

" To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something. "

" I'm going to give my best and not worry about transfer fees or anything like that. "

" Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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?' "

" My dad played football, too, in the former Yugoslavia. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I compliment Kramer perfectly. We both put in a lot of legwork, win many balls, and we're comfortable with the ball at our feet. We also talk a lot both off and on the pitch. "

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