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I'm going to give my best and not worry about transfer fees or anything like that.
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It's in my head that I am a leader, and captaining Monchengladbach was very good for me.
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People who know me know that I don't talk about the play-offs. It's not an issue for me at all.
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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.
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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.
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It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.
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It's aggressive, and I like the way Arsenal play football. It's not like other countries, but it's very, very nice here.
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I remember I was young, and the first game I watched was in the Premier League. It's a big dream for me, and now that I'm here, I am very, very happy.
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My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me.
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What happens here, the daily agenda of Arsenal, is very different from what I experienced in Monchengladbach.
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I knew before I arrived that the pressure at a club that challenges for the title grows quickly. The season is long; we'll become stronger with every game.
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You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench.
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I have never had any contact with Bayern Munich, let alone have agreed personal terms.
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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.
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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.
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To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something.
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No, Borussia is not falling apart. It does not matter whichever players will leave. That is what the past has showed. The club has developed and actually improved despite big-name players leaving.
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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.
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The Premier League is not my goal but a childhood dream. It is a dream that could be fulfilled.
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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.
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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.
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In games, you notice there's more sprints than in Bundesliga. It takes a while to get used to.
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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.
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The fans are amazing. I'm really happy here at Arsenal, and I'm going to do my best for this club.
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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.
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When I went to Gladbach from Basel in 2012, I put a lot of pressure on myself at first, and it was too heavy. I will not put any pressure on myself at Arsenal, even though the transfer fee was high.
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I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong.
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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.
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Arsenal were really interested in me for a long time, and I think that I fit into the football Arsenal play.
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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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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.
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I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit.
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When I was younger, even though I had a big brother, my parents would give me the house key every day.
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I don't mind being criticised, because I am not that easy to knock down, and no-one can destroy me. But I am bothered by the stupid people who call me dirty, brainless, and an idiot. You don't say words like these to someone who you know nothing about.
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In Camden, it's just the atmosphere that gets me. It's simple. It's nice. It's real. And it's the people, too. I like to interact with them because they are normal and I am normal. People probably don't expect an Arsenal player to come to Camden Lock and, basically, be a normal guy.
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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.
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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.
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You have to be completely there in every game, and as soon as you drop your level even one per cent, you concede goals.
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