It is clear that Barca are the best team in the world, and can call on the best players in the world, but we will only achieve something if we are convinced we can do it. We must only think of giving our all.

When you play, of course you want to win, but the most important thing about pre-season is improving your fitness.

As a fan, Guardiola is the best coach in the world, but personal things that have happened to me were hurtful.

Without doubt, some of the happiest moments of my career have come in a Stoke shirt.

Nobody told me that I would be just a player to be exchanged. Nobody likes to be a part of that situation, especially not me.

The relationship with Pep wasn't a very good one.

Mark Hughes really believes in me, he makes me feel as though I'm a great footballer.

I love watching Santi Cazorla.

I write a diary every day.

I can't put this down. I'm reading it in Spanish but I am still having English lessons. It is a motivational book about basketball legend Michael Jordan. His determination was inspiring. It helps me focus and drives me on.

In Holland, I have got the buzz back playing as a centre-forward, which is where I perform best. Ajax always appealed to me from when I was young and they gave me a chance to play in the Champions League too.

My Italian adventure was positive because I improved a lot in tactical terms, most of all defensively, which is something I hadn't worked on quite so much.

At Barcelona from the early days I was seen as a goalscorer. Going somewhere else for a while has shown me I can enjoy games from a perspective other than just scoring goals.

I need to feel like I am important part of the team, if I get that the goals will come.

That's the good part of an injury, it strengthens you in many ways.

I need match practice of course, I need minutes in my legs to reach my best form.

Pochettino is a manager with a lot of character, so Tottenham applies it in the field. That's why they have eliminated big clubs like Manchester City or Ajax.

For its part, one of the keys of Tottenham is that it has players who know each other very well for two or three years. They have not made changes and are managed by the same coach, Mauricio Pochettino. Therefore, they perfectly apply the idea of team and style of play.

For me, what makes Liverpool special is that they are a team that works very well on the lines, very compact, in which everyone attacks and defends.

I was called up for Spain against France, my international debut, and it was said that I had gastroenteritis when I had an anxiety attack. But no one wants to talk about that. Football's not interested.

It is very uncomfortable to be dizzy 24 hours a day.

In my head, I am always saying that I should play every minute of every game because it is my job and it is what I love to do.

For me, the wind is the worst weather you can have to play football.

I watch Denzel Washington films with subtitles.