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The family is our greatest luxury.
We always have hope. Hope dies last.
I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself.
I never used to be taken seriously as a Swiss person.
My dad played football, too, in the former Yugoslavia.
I don't think Gladbach are on the same level as Arsenal.
I like to play football. I'm an aggressive player and also a leader.
I've had four beautiful years at Monchengladbach and owe the club a lot.
I'm a person who thinks realistically but has dreams and fantasies as well.
It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.
I will give everything to help Arsenal win trophies and make the fans happy.
I'm going to give my best and not worry about transfer fees or anything like that.
You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench.
To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something.
I have never had any contact with Bayern Munich, let alone have agreed personal terms.
I am a regular for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, and I want to progress still further.
My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me.
In games, you notice there's more sprints than in Bundesliga. It takes a while to get used to.
The Premier League is not my goal but a childhood dream. It is a dream that could be fulfilled.
I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge.
The fans are amazing. I'm really happy here at Arsenal, and I'm going to do my best for this club.
I think, when a manager has been at a club for more than 20 years, he can only have a positive impact.
My goal is to become a key player in one of the ten best clubs in the world and become a leader there.
When I was younger, even though I had a big brother, my parents would give me the house key every day.
I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted.
I guess I'd say I'm quite an aggressive player. Fair but aggressive, someone who likes the tough stuff.
It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.
Family is the most important thing to me. Especially my brother Taulant - we talk about everything together.
Arsenal were really interested in me for a long time, and I think that I fit into the football Arsenal play.
You always need a certain amount of time to fully adjust; it was no different when I moved to the Bundesliga.
What happens here, the daily agenda of Arsenal, is very different from what I experienced in Monchengladbach.
Here at Basel is where I made my first professional steps. I came up and grew up through the FC Basel school.
When I think about a mid-table club like Everton spending £150 million during the summer, I am lost for words.
I am in an outstanding city, an outstanding club. The only thing that Arsenal has been missing is a league title.
I am a very simple man. I love normality, and I love normal people. I love to eat normal food. It's how I grew up.
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.
One of the most revealing details about my parents is that they only got together three months before my dad's arrest.
Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home.
You have to be completely there in every game, and as soon as you drop your level even one per cent, you concede goals.
It's aggressive, and I like the way Arsenal play football. It's not like other countries, but it's very, very nice here.
I'll give my all on the pitch, as I have in recent years. That's what is important. We will give our all to win something.
I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.
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.
Ottmar is a big coach and a good gentleman. I don't know if I'm a young Schweinsteiger; I'm another player. I am Granit Xhaka.
I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that.
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?'
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.
In Germany, you can play aggressively, but the referee will always blow his whistle, but in England, that's not the case. That's better for me.
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.
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.