Footballer

I had to find a way of dealing with not starting matches, but when you don't play and you're surrounded by players who do, the negativity comes.

Something which is easy for me to give is money. I feel detached from it. I look after myself and my family but I won't forget people who struggle. My father lives in Senegal. They are from the smaller villages and know how to distribute money to people who need it.

I love playing football and being in teams that have the ball and play good football.

I've played football since I was seven - but loved basketball. Cire, who is one of six brothers, always played in the top two divisions in France. At the age of 15, I started having football trials. And, when I compared myself to other players, I thought, 'why them and not me?'

Even if Sadio comes and tells me that he's better than Messi, I'd slap him in his face and tell him 'shut up boy, sit down!' But in 2019, in my perspective, he had a better season.

You know, I love football and I like to represent my country.

I know there are footballers who want to fight for justice, whether Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, any belief.

When you retire, no-one remembers that you finished in the top four. They remember you won a trophy.

Eden Hazard is one of my close friends and Branislav Ivanovic I like.

It's really important to score for a new club early on; when you come in and score right away you feel much better.

Everywhere you go, competition is there. It will always exist.

When you have the chance to play for Chelsea, you have to take it.

He always told me I'd score goals; Alan Pardew gives me a lot of confidence.

Sometimes people have a Plan A and a Plan B. But, as far as I'm concerned, I have just had a Plan A.

It was not a sacrifice leaving the house when I was young and travelling around Europe to find a club. It was the only way to get to where I am today, and I am proud of that.

When I go to the movie theater, I want to get emotion from the actors in the movie.

The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.

If I enjoy myself on the pitch, then I'm going to have a good performance.

I am from the bottom, so if I go back to the bottom I haven't lost anything.

I'm happy for the move to Chelsea from Newcastle and I did what I had to do with the time I was given.