In football, you get criticised if you are sent off. It's my style of play, and nobody can make me change that. Even if I get another red card, then that happens. You become cleverer, maybe look more, and since my red card, I think things have improved.

Granit Xhaka

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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You Words Word

The family is our greatest luxury.

Granit Xhaka

Great Family Test

We are young; we are naive with money. Money can go fast. If anyone thinks he is something better just because he has more money in the account, then he can very quickly fall on your face.

Granit Xhaka

Money Your Young

I've had four beautiful years at Monchengladbach and owe the club a lot.

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Years Year T

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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Amazing T Really

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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You Want T

We always have hope. Hope dies last.

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Hope Ways Way

You always need a certain amount of time to fully adjust; it was no different when I moved to the Bundesliga.

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Time You Ways

Individual quality doesn't decide games for us but the whole team.

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Whole Who Us

I think, when a manager has been at a club for more than 20 years, he can only have a positive impact.

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Positive Age Years

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.

Granit Xhaka

Young You Watched

In football, you get criticised if you are sent off. It's my style of play, and nobody can make me change that. Even if I get another red card, then that happens. You become cleverer, maybe look more, and since my red card, I think things have improved.

Granit Xhaka

Change Car You

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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Work Young You

My goal is to become a key player in one of the ten best clubs in the world and become a leader there.

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World Ten T

A club like Arsenal, it's normal that expectations are high. This club must compete for titles, and that's what we want to do.

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Pet Want Us

Family is the most important thing to me. Especially my brother Taulant - we talk about everything together.

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Family Very Together

I like to play football. I'm an aggressive player and also a leader.

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T Player Play Football

I am still young; I am still fresh, and I want more.

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Young You Want

Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home.

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Home Us UN

It's true that my father was imprisoned for three and a half years, and it was because he stood up for what he believed in. It's not a taboo subject in our household. We talk about it. After all, I want to know what happened.

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Years Year Want

I will give everything to help Arsenal win trophies and make the fans happy.

Granit Xhaka

I have a good relationship with the Albanian fans. But when you are called a traitor - that is such a harsh word. Most of the Albanian fans respect me. But 'traitor' is unacceptable considering the background of my family.

Granit Xhaka

I guess I'd say I'm quite an aggressive player. Fair but aggressive, someone who likes the tough stuff.

Granit Xhaka

My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me.

Granit Xhaka

I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.

Granit Xhaka

I'm a person who thinks realistically but has dreams and fantasies as well.

Granit Xhaka

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

Granit Xhaka

When you want too much, you don't usually achieve much.

Granit Xhaka

People who know me know that I don't talk about the play-offs. It's not an issue for me at all.

Granit Xhaka

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

Granit Xhaka

I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further.

Granit Xhaka

It's in my head that I am a leader, and captaining Monchengladbach was very good for me.

Granit Xhaka

I heard my new team-mates saying, 'We have got to hope that we don't go down.' I thought to myself, 'What kind of a mentality is that?'

Granit Xhaka

I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted.

Granit Xhaka

I think in football everything is possible.

Granit Xhaka

I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself.

Granit Xhaka

Personally, I can handle criticism, especially when it is deserved, and it's because my dad never, ever said 'Well done' to me. He did it on purpose so that I kept my feet on the ground.

Granit Xhaka

I've picked up quite a few yellow cards in the last few years - a few reds, too. That was the case as a youth player as it is now. But I don't see it as a problem. That's how I play. If you take that away, then I wouldn't be where I am now. So I don't think the yellow cards or the red cards are too big of an issue.

Granit Xhaka

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.

Granit Xhaka

When I was younger, even though I had a big brother, my parents would give me the house key every day.

Granit Xhaka

Actually, it's normal when you come to a new club and country: you need to get used to the language, the philosophy of the team, the squad, the coach.

Granit Xhaka

My dad played football, too, in the former Yugoslavia.

Granit Xhaka

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.

Granit Xhaka

I'm going to give my best and not worry about transfer fees or anything like that.

Granit Xhaka

I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge.

Granit Xhaka

My brother was always going to go in the direction of football. With me, it was more between school and football. Eventually, it worked out for both of us. We're pleased to have gone down that path. I'm proud that my parents always supported us, in good and in bad times. You need that.

Granit Xhaka

In football, you just have to develop yourself.

Granit Xhaka

I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong.

Granit Xhaka

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.

Granit Xhaka

The first few months in a new country are always really hard.

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