Xherdan Shaqiri

When I played for the Basel youth team, I also worked in a sweet shop.

I am the opposite of someone who is not professional.

I'm very proud with how my story has gone. I've played for some very big teams, and it is not normal how I got there. It is a dream for every player to have this kind of career, so I am very proud of this.

You have competition all over the world, not only in football, in normal life, too. Everyone fights for his place, but in the end, we have many games to play, and everybody is going to play games.

If I were to leave Stoke, it would have to be a step up for me. Everything would have to be right.

Not everything depends on me. I can't dribble the ball all the way from the back to the front.

With German teams, they always sit together - there are no phones on the table.

Every player wants to play on the biggest stages in football. I have played for big teams. I know what it takes.

Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world - everybody can see that - and now we have to do it on the pitch.

As I was always the youngest, I had to fight for everything.

I would love to stay in England, but I don't want to rule anything out.

It was always my dream to come to the Premier League because I love this league, and I love this country. It's an amazing place.