When I arrived in France, it was very, very difficult. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a semi-final, quarter-final because I know I will forget... But the feeling of losing a final stays here forever. Even if you win two, three, four, five it stays. You know, I’m too scared to lose, so I give everything to win.

When I arrived in France, it was very, very difficult. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.