In my second season at Tottenham, things didn't go as I wanted but I accepted the offer from Chinese football and there I recovered my confidence and I won titles.

It really is one of my qualities, moving into different areas of the field, picking up opponents as well as helping to attack.

If we can't handle pressure, we don't play football.

I've always looked at what Lampard does, and to me is a huge phenomenon - the way he hits the ball, what positions he takes up - he really is incredible.

I just try to enjoy the opportunities that come my way.

When the transfer window opens, every player can leave his club and find another challenge.

If we need to play ugly to win a match, we are going to do that.

When I went from Tottenham to China a lot of people said that was it, my career was over. I had a couple of other offers at the time but they were both loans and I would have had to go back at the end. I just wanted to play.

When I came to Barca, I know some people doubted me. They weren't totally convinced. But, and I've said this before, that never really bothers me.

What I always say is when I am at a club I am enjoying what that club has to offer.

I have always fought to play for great clubs and to play for the Brazilian national team.

You can lose a game by two or three and say: 'Oh we made this mistake, we made that mistake, we lost.' But if you lose 7-1 what can you say?

Fans who showed me a lot of affection during my three years at Corinthians continue to follow me.

I wouldn't say it was a relief to leave Spurs but it was clear I had to. It was a difficult time.

I am very happy that a great club like Barcelona is interested in me, as that is priceless.

If you are not playing in your position in a league as competitive as England then it is difficult.

In Lithuania they had racially abused me, in Poland they hadn't paid me, and I thought: 'I don't need this.' I said to my family: 'I'm not playing football again.'

A lot of people felt it was difficult for me to come to Barca because I was playing in China. Nevertheless, I have achieved my dream and I am enjoying each day.

I want to take advantage of every year I have at Barcelona. I don't see any other place where I'd be better off.

For a footballer, not playing is like a fish not being in the water.

In a year with him I played in my position two or three times and I played well. But that's not to say that I had a problem with Pochettino. It was his decision.

I suffered racial abuse in Lithuania, and in two games the fans were making monkey noises and throwing coins at me.

My first game with Pochettino I played in my position. But after that I played in every single position but mine.

One minute I was with Tottenham, the next came a proposal from China. I took a step back to think about it and decided it was the right time to move.

I had no problem with Pochettino.

I've always been this kind of player: since youth level I've been a midfielder who can arrive and finish.

I've heard it said that I'm silencing the critics so many times but it's not that: I don't have to prove myself to anyone.

You are told before coming to Europe that big teams here quite often rotate players. I respect this culture but it is instinctive for me to get annoyed if I don't play every game.

You have to go to sleep at night staring at the wall, thinking, 'Damn, I can't wait for it to be morning so I can have the ball at my feet again!' You can only play your best football in these conditions.

I left Brazil at 17 years old in order to give my family a better life, but when I returned home two years later, I was completely disillusioned with football.

Ever since I was five years old, running around the streets of Zona Norte with a football, my mother has been by my side in every situation.