I'd like to be a dog. Dogs are nice. They can sleep any time, they wag their tails and on top of that they can get stroked all the time.

I'd like to be a dog. Dogs are nice. They can sleep any time, they wag their tails and on top of that they can get stroked all the time.

France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.

Tottenham tried to sign me but I held off and came to Arsenal because Arsene Wenger was here.

If you start to focus on your opponent then you see so much quality in your opponents and weaknesses in your own side. You start to put doubts in your mind. You need to respect your opponents but that's it, no more.

Footballers nowadays are controlling their image through their own Facebook page so its not the club that controls them anymore, they do what they want at anytime.

I want to keep my own guard, I want to keep my secrets, I want to keep my private life for me.