Real Madrid are one of the main teams in Europe. They are a team which has won the Champions League the most times, a very good team, and known throughout the whole world as well.

For me, the Premier League is the best tournament in the world. It's the hardest; you need to be 100 per cent to play every game.

In my country, we say that football is like a huge plate of food. Well, I want to eat everything because I want to win every trophy I can for City.

Every player in every team speaks to each other in order to improve the quality on the pitch - that communication is necessary.

I listen to the Manchester news on local radio. It has helped me learn English. I have it on when I am driving to training in the morning.

Pellegrini is always calm; if you have problems, he will try to resolve it.

I like to hear BBC Manchester about the news and to learn English and the Manchester accent.

We know the FA Cup is important for the team and fans.

I hope I will be able to repay City for what they have done for me.

Occasionally, when I come off during a game, I get a little bit angry. But it's only because I want to play in every game and every minute to help my team-mates.

It is always good when you play away because the fans support their team, and it gives you more motivation to play well.

Sometimes people mistake some things regarding that, thinking just one player would make up for the needs of an entire club.

I smile because I am a happy guy.

My father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and that was just how I liked it.

When you play on bad surfaces, you have to show your character and keep your concentration for the whole 90 minutes.

I personally like Kolarov. He is one of the funniest players I have played with. Every day, he has something new, and he is a funny guy!

I just love to play and always want to be involved.

The titles are important forever; it doesn't matter when you win. They keep you motivated to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

Willian is fantastic. It was good to be with him in Ukraine, where we won several titles together.

I came to England because I thought it would help me to get back in the Brazilian national team.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.

After I signed for Man City, the people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams.

If I only wanted money and a comfortable life, I would have stayed in Ukraine.

I was in Donetsk for eight years. I was happy there. I won six titles. I knew everyone, and I was a big part of the club.

City have been working throughout the years to mount competitive teams and pursue titles.

The City project is much more than about signing a single player with a strong name, that would eventually cost a lot more.

For me, it is the trophies that are important, not the goals.

When you are a father, when you talk to your son or your daughter for the first time, they don't understand you. Of course, you have patience, and you keep talking to them, and eventually they do understand.

That is what it is like with Pep. At first, you don't understand. But then you grow up, you work, and now we understand the things he wants much better. It's not like the first season when it took him more time to make us understand his ideas. Some players didn't understand immediately what he wanted.

In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive.

The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes.

I am a nice guy.

Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride.

When you're a child, you watch Brazil on TV and feel that desire to be a national team player, so when you get here, you make a dream come true, and it's a huge honour to me and to every player who wears the Brazil shirt.

The Selecao is always treated as favourites, so we're aware of our responsibility, and the goal is always to enter every competition to win, and the World Cup is no different.

I've always dreamed of playing in the World Cup and wearing the Selecao jersey, but I knew how difficult that was, what with me playing in Ukraine for Shakhtar.

For me, in football, everything is possible, and every game is a battle.

I've played a few times in stadiums where the fans have been banned, and it's just not the same.

The important thing is to win the title, and if we can do it with style and by entertaining, it's perfect.

I like every competition I can play.

When you win a title, you gain confidence, and the supporters love you because they want to win things as well.

Wembley is special.

In the Premier League, the most important thing is not to give the team at the top of the table reasons to keep winning game after game.

Playing in the Premier League for City is like a dream.

Playing for a huge club in a huge League makes me so happy.

Whoever wants to be champions has to be able to attack and defend.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

Would I have preferred not to play in a home World Cup for Brazil, a privilege that most people in this world can only dream of? Not a chance.