I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.

You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. When you read some books they are fantastic, the writer touches something in you that you know you would not have brought out of yourself. He makes you discover something interesting in your life. If you are living like an animal, what is the point of living? What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art.

The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.

If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.

I've told him to cut off his ponytail. I think it makes him less aerodynamic.