For every player, it is important to be fit and have a good pre-season behind him.

I've followed Roma because my friend Miralem Pjanic is here. It's a great club. I have a good relationship with Miralem.

I have spent four wonderful years with Manchester City. They have grown a lot over the years.

Working hard, I hope to achieve the things I did in Manchester with Roma.

Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.

I try to assist team-mates.

I wish to thank all fans who support me, but the others should be ashamed because I am a born winner and always played my heart out for the national team.

I played my first derby, I won, and I scored. As good as it gets!

I love the Bundesliga, and I will return to the Bundesliga. I can just not say when I will return.

I'm happy to be with Roma, and I think the club should be, too.

I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that's not what I'm interested in.

Honestly, I don't know why we can't transfer the mentality we have in the Champions League to Serie A.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

I will never be a super sub. I want to play.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

I came here to win titles with Roma. I can only promise one thing, and that is that I will give my best for this club in every game.

I'm really happy here at City. It's a second home to me, so it was an easy decision to stay for the long term. I knew from the beginning when I started here that I wanted to stay for a long time - I can't see any place better than here.

I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition as Manchester City.

United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1, they were quiet!

Since I left, I follow every City game in every competition, and it's just natural for me because I feel it is still my club, even if I'm not there anymore.

Everybody speaks about City having lots of money, but it is not about that. It is about ambition, and I have spoken to Coach Mancini, and he told me, 'This is the best club for you.'

City are playing for first place in the Premier League, and that is what I want.

I am excited to play alongside players such as Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure, whom I have only seen on TV, and to be in the same team as players I have played against such as Jerome Boateng and Vincent Kompany.

Every player needs time to settle in and to get used to a new club, from knowing the league to the other players - everything.

Every striker is stronger when we play with wingers.

Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals. And I haven't forgotten how to score goals.

I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole family was there, maybe 15 people all staying in an apartment about 35m square. It was very hard.

Regardless of what I was and who I am, above all, the most important thing is to remain human.

Goals don't bother me, even though it is my job. I am as happy when team-mates scores as I am when I score. Winning is what matters.

That's the English Premier League. You can win against the best teams and then lose against the last.

Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.

For the two and a half years in Italy, I can be happy with what I did.

I've always tried to help younger players and to talk with everyone.

Every time I see a paper, for what seems like a year or more, there is a story saying that I am leaving City or that I want to go. But I've never said that, so the stories don't come from me. I've always wanted to stay at City and fight for my place.

Every player has his goals.

Never have I doubted myself, because I know what I am capable of.

The first goal is always very important.

Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like.

I still have a home in Sarajevo, and there is a room where the walls are covered with football jerseys. One is a Milan shirt with Shevchenko's name and number on the back. It is an original from one of his Serie A appearances, and he has autographed it. It has pride of place. It really is my prized possession.

Hopefully I'll have a lot of success.

I love Manchester. I really do. It's a lovely city, lovely people, and I really enjoyed it there.