I’d no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
I’ve picked up quite a few yellow cards in the last few years – a few reds, too. That was the case as a youth player as it is now. But I don’t see it as a problem. That’s how I play. If you take that away, then I wouldn’t be where I am now. So I don’t think the yellow cards or the red cards are too big of an issue. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
I play with a lot of emotion because I’m a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you’re late onto the ball, sometimes you’re not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It’s a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don’t see it as a problem. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
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?’ Granit Xhaka Read Quote
You have to be completely there in every game, and as soon as you drop your level even one per cent, you concede goals. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
Each month from our income – we have a separate account, obviously – we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
Arsenal is Arsenal. It’s not a small club; it’s a very big club, and it’s like a family. It’s very good for me because I love my family, and to have another family here is very good. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
My goal is to become a key player in one of the ten best clubs in the world and become a leader there. Granit Xhaka Read Quote
