When I was young, I never shot. I always wanted to dribble the ball in the goal.

Mousa Dembele

Categorized in : Always Never Ball Young

It's a very good thing to have a group that stays together and understands each other as well.

well good group together

Everybody knows that they can be the best player in the team, but if they don't work, then it's not going to be good enough.

best good team work

Tottenham have always had unbelievable players, and the only thing that has changed is our mentality.

players only always changed

I don't read a lot of things, and if I hear things, I don't really think about them because it's useless.

hear things think useless

I like to challenge myself, to compare myself against the best.

challenge best myself like

Nobody is perfect. Even Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo can sometimes look like players from League One.

nobody look perfect sometimes

Every day in normal training, I'm trying to score more. And after training, I stay to practise my shooting as well.

every-day day training trying

For me, in the past, scoring has not always been the most important thing. My priorities have been to play well, to be important for the team. After that, I've always told myself that if I score, then that's just okay.

myself me team past

I just like to play, to pass the ball and dribble.

ball just like play

If you hear big clubs are interested, it's always nice to know people appreciate what you do, but when Tottenham said, 'We want him,' I didn't have to think twice.

think you nice people

I like to watch the top teams in different countries, like Spain or Bayern Munich in Germany. The rest I don't watch. I have nothing to do with that. I'm not a freak. I know guys who watch every game. I'm not like that.

rest nothing game know

I've been five times to Mali, and when you're there, it makes you feel differently, like you realise you've a lot in life to be thankful for, and you have to give something back as well.

feel you thankful life

I broke everything inside the house - boom! - but my mother was always very nice. She'd say, 'OK, OK, have another ball.'

inside nice mother house

I don't like to be too serious. I think, off the pitch, I can have a laugh with everyone.

laugh think i-can serious

I like to see myself as open-minded.

open-minded see myself like

I'm a social guy, I think.

i-think think guy social

I heard already there is good food in Guangzhou. I will try this a lot. I think my family will enjoy it as well here.

good good-food family food

To hear my name sung at WHL & Wembley made me incredibly proud.

hear name me proud

I chose China because I needed something new. Other clubs in Europe and Qatar were also a possibility, but the adventure at Guangzhou was the most interesting.

new something adventure interesting

I've always been a fan of martial arts actor Bruce Lee. His films made me want to go to China one day.

day go me one-day