Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

“For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams.”

“A lot of people would like to see me in England. This is not necessarily the league that attracts me the most, though. It would allow me to develop further, though.”

“In France, sometimes, you have some players or coaches say, 'If we go there, and we come back with one point, it's okay.' Here? No chance of this! Everybody wants to win. I think every team is playing to win matches, so the game is hard and fast, intensive. I really like the Bundesliga for that.”

“I have progressed. I have worked a lot in front of goal, trying to keep a cool head, trying not to force things.”

“People talk about me, and that's good, but a lot of it has been down to how my team-mates have supported me.”

“Tuchel shows me how to move and what I could do better. He wants to take me to absolute top level.”

“Dortmund is a fantastic club, critical for my career. But my Spanish grandfather on my mother's side always wished that I play in Spain. And if, then at Real Madrid.”

“Samuel Eto'o I know well. We see each other often; we send each other messages, and we call each other. It's good.”

“I was never tempted by the Premier League. It's simply a personal opinion.”

“Our style of play is increasingly based on possession of the ball. It suits me as a forward. We've got an attacking approach, and that means that I get a lot of chances; otherwise, I would have not been able to score so many goals.”

“My childhood dream? To play at Real Madrid. In 2014, before he died, I promised my grandfather who was from Avila, 110 kilometers from Madrid, that I would play there. It will be complicated, but it sits in a corner of my head.”

“It's a great honour to be recognised and appreciated by your fellow colleagues.”

“If I want to do something like the Batman mask, I just do it. I was like this all the time; I think nobody can change me.”

“I like staying here very much, as I feel at home in Dortmund.”

“I want to thank my team mates in the national team and also at Dortmund. It is their work that helps me to score goals.”

“It's frustrating when you make the efforts but the conditions are not there to make a great tournament.”

“Real is the club of my heart, and I promised my grandfather that I would play there one day. I hope that it will happen.”

“I hope Dortmund can reach the final of the Champions League again... why not?”

“I am feeling very well here and want to achieve much more with BVB and win titles. I am here and nowhere else: not at Arsenal, not at Barcelona, and not on the moon.”

“I am grateful to everybody: the training staff, my fellow players, and everybody who works for the club. It is just great.”