For me, the defender I respect the most is Giorgio Chiellini. He's one of the best defenders in the world. I really like the way he plays football on the pitch, the way he defends. He lives for the game. He transmits a sense of tranquillity to his team-mates. I have always admired his way to play.

You never know what emotions will emerge. They can come on suddenly, when you least expect them.

In Uruguay, there is a football pitch every hundred metres, whether it is made by grass, small stones, or sand. This has been my football education.

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

Hopefully I'll have a lot of success.

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.

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

The first goal is always very important.

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

Every player has his goals.

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.

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

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

Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Every striker is stronger when we play with wingers.

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

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.

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

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.'