I am very pleased it has all been resolved. I wanted to stay at the club and they wanted me too, there was never a problem. There were only a few small matters to sort out.

I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.

I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot - with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flemengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.