I'm just a player who wants to work and who does my job every day, the same as I always did. Xherdan Shaqiri More Quotes by Xherdan Shaqiri More Quotes From Xherdan Shaqiri I am deeply shocked by the death of Florijana Ismaili, my family and I would like to express our condolences to the Ismaili family and the near ones. Xherdan Shaqiri sports 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. Xherdan Shaqiri game start unhappy football 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. Xherdan Shaqiri i-am story proud dream What if the coach of Kosovo wants me as the captain? Of course, I am thinking about it then. Xherdan Shaqiri captain i-am me thinking 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! Xherdan Shaqiri boy i-am problems bad-boy For me, nothing is impossible. Xherdan Shaqiri me nothing-is-impossible impossible Whether players are from Albania or Yugoslavia is not important. What's important is to be a team on the pitch. Xherdan Shaqiri pitch players team important I am the opposite of someone who is not professional. Xherdan Shaqiri professional opposite i-am someone 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. Xherdan Shaqiri you competition football life As I was always the youngest, I had to fight for everything. Xherdan Shaqiri youngest fight everything always It's very important to have a coach who wants to win every single game and who approaches them like they are not a problem - whether it is against Sunderland or Man City or against anyone. Xherdan Shaqiri city game win man 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. Xherdan Shaqiri find infrastructure shame way I think my agents take care of my future. Xherdan Shaqiri think future take-care care I was born in Kosovo and grew up in Switzerland. Xherdan Shaqiri i-was-born up switzerland born My parents wanted me to stay in England because they love the football here and how the people feel about football. It was important for them, too, that I stayed in the Premier League. Xherdan Shaqiri me love football people Here at Stoke, I cannot exert too much influence, simply because there is a lack of quality around me. Xherdan Shaqiri me quality influence too-much We have to try and win every game because all of them are important. Xherdan Shaqiri game try win important Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world - everybody can see that - and now we have to do it on the pitch. Xherdan Shaqiri best now see world When I played for the Basel youth team, I also worked in a sweet shop. Xherdan Shaqiri also youth team sweet I live the Swiss mentality but the Kosovo mentality too, because when I go home, I speak Albanian. Xherdan Shaqiri live go speak home
