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.

I watch box sets. I worked my way through 'Breaking Bad' and 'Prison Break.'

I don't think it's fair comparing Barcelona's style with that of Roma.

I like to play, it doesn't matter where.

Italian football is just how I imagined it to be - far more tactical than the Spanish game which is based on technique.

Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.

The more you play, you get a better rhythm and play better.

One thing that I like from a coach is that they don't put up too big a distance between the player and the trainer.

In Spain, people do not respect the players, the same in Italy. In England, it looks like a different world - the people admire the player, but also respect the player.

I learned and played with the very best like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta.

When you play with a big club, you need to get results every single day, even more when a homegrown player goes into the first team. It's not easy.

I played many matches and got experience very early. Did I lose some of my childhood? This is one of the things that I am more sensitive about and that touched me the most, because I am a family person. There are many moments that I haven't had the chance to enjoy with my family and also with my friends.

When you are 17, you don't know what pressure is, because you play with the best team in big stadiums with big players. But when I look back now, it's difficult for a 17-year-old to get by and deal with the whole situation.

If you become their property it is much clearer for you, for the club, for everything. It was a great experience to play in three different teams, different leagues, different experiences, but if I wanted to improve I had to break this cycle and make my own way. That's why I signed this contract to come to Stoke.

Christmas time is for me one of the most special times of the year.

Frank Rijkaard put me in the first team when I was 17 and gave me every week the chance to play with the first team and start my way in football. I was so young and my dreams came true so quickly thanks to Rijkaard.

Some people like Messi didn't have to learn a lot as his is a natural style. But of course you can improve your technique, your football intelligence, your everything.

It's a quiet life. Normally it's training, house, gym.

It is important to find a place where you feel trust, you feel belonging and stability.