Athlete

Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world - everybody can see that - and now we have to do it on the pitch.

Every player wants to play. That's pretty normal. Every player is unhappy when he's on the bench. That's pretty normal, too. But it's football: only 11 players can start, and the coach has his game plan for each game.

When I came to Stoke, I expected them to be moving forward, every year getting better, but it's not been like this.

Some ex-football players, or ex-teammates, they spoke to the media, and it looks like I am a bad boy or something, but I've never been a bad boy or had some problems at a club!

Of course it's a big change from Stoke to Liverpool. Liverpool is a big, big team.

Everybody knows I'm a player who wants to play at the highest level; this is pretty normal.

I am the opposite of someone who is not professional.

Inter's infrastructure is a shame, to be honest. That such a prestigious club does not find a way to invest in its infrastructure is disappointing.

Not everything depends on me. I can't dribble the ball all the way from the back to the front.

If I were to leave Stoke, it would have to be a step up for me. Everything would have to be right.

With German teams, they always sit together - there are no phones on the table.

I want to play in big games from the beginning and not just in the Bundesliga when everything is already decided.

What if the coach of Kosovo wants me as the captain? Of course, I am thinking about it then.

Whether players are from Albania or Yugoslavia is not important. What's important is to be a team on the pitch.

Klopp impresses me so much that I say I want to win the title for this man.

You have competition all over the world, not only in football, in normal life, too. Everyone fights for his place, but in the end, we have many games to play, and everybody is going to play games.

I'm very proud with how my story has gone. I've played for some very big teams, and it is not normal how I got there. It is a dream for every player to have this kind of career, so I am very proud of this.

I think my stats speak for themselves.

We Shaqiris are observant Muslims, but we are a long way from everything extreme.

I think my agents take care of my future.