Football is my life and when I am happy on the pitch I am happy off the field as well.

A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education is good and you work hard and do everything the best way, then why not?

Bolton was a family club and I liked it.

I smile when I want to smile. I don't want to be forced.

The Hawthorns has a good atmosphere, like many of the Premier League stadiums.

When I was playing for Chelsea, it was always tough to beat Albion.

I think Arsene Wenger was good for me.

I do not need to show who I am to the people who do not know me.

This is football, you always have to compete to be able to play. When you're at a big club, it's like that.

People must not lose sight of the fact that football is a game. I would find it healthy that it remain so.

I would be very happy if my career ended the way it started.

Football is open to anyone, especially somebody like me who grew up in the Paris suburbs.

I have an affinity with Algeria, because I grew up with plenty of Algerian friends in the suburbs of Paris.

I went to Madrid to play football but I couldn't because I was never left in peace.

It's always good for a player to be on the pitch.

I've played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult.

I worked hard when I played for Manchester City, Bolton, even in Fenerbahce.

When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.

If you ask all the players who have played with me, they will never say anything wrong about me.

I know that English football and the Premier League is the best.

I know my game and I know my qualities.

It's good to experience different things.

I left for Madrid at 20 years old and I didn't really know how it would go.

When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn't want all the stuff around it, the press and that.