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I know, when I am fit and pain-free, I am confident. ”
I think you are wrong if you play a Champions League game, and you don't find motivation. ”
The big teams will want to avoid Liverpool. Everyone knows we are a very strong side. ”
I am a completely different player to Ballack and Schweinsteiger. I admire the careers they have had - I hope mine will be like theirs - but I am not the same. ”
When you play constantly for strong sides, then the pressure is always on you. ”
It's true, I had a lot of offers from very good teams, but I decided Juventus because I think the project is very big, and they have very big aims, and I want to be a part of the big project here. ”
Really, the club is like a big family. The locker-room spirit is also similar to what I had experienced at Liverpool, but I really like it here at Juventus, because it's not just a set of champions. The sense of a team, the group, is strongly felt. ”
We speak Turkish at home, and I can speak the language. I have a lot of family there - I try to fly to Turkey once a year when I have holidays. ”
I want to make it very clear that I have nothing at all against Bayern. They gave me lot of good things, a good education, and it was my decision to leave. ”
I try to show myself at Liverpool, and when I come to the national team, I try to show myself in training or in games. ”