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“Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.”
“Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.”
“I really don't need luxury.”
“Goals don't bother me, even though it is my job. I am as happy when team-mates scores as I am when I score. Winning is what matters.”
“I wish to thank all fans who support me, but the others should be ashamed because I am a born winner and always played my heart out for the national team.”
“I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.”
“If we start the season with negative thinking, we'd never win anything.”
“I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole family was there, maybe 15 people all staying in an apartment about 35m square. It was very hard.”
“United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1, they were quiet!”
“I've always tried to help younger players and to talk with everyone.”
“Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals. And I haven't forgotten how to score goals.”
“I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.”
“For the two and a half years in Italy, I can be happy with what I did.”
“To be honest, I don't feel like I am able to say that I had a childhood, not in a way normal kids my age had. I had something that was specific to Bosnia in '90s, something I call a period of survival.”
“I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that's not what I'm interested in.”
“That's the English Premier League. You can win against the best teams and then lose against the last.”
“Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.”
“I'm not interested in money.”
“I am excited to play alongside players such as Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure, whom I have only seen on TV, and to be in the same team as players I have played against such as Jerome Boateng and Vincent Kompany.”
“At Roma, it's not easy: if you win three games, you've won the league title; if you lose one, everything is bad.”