Andre Schurrle Quotes

I don't regret my choice to sign for Milan.

When you leave a club like Liverpool, you have to go somewhere you'll feel comfortable and progress as a player. To come to Stoke was an easy decision.

At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week.

I had always said I will like to play for Milan at some stage in my career, so when the opportunity came up, I grabbed it with both hands.

To those who call me a mercenary I say that I also had interest from abroad, where I would have earned more. I have chosen Milan because, in my head, there is the idea of repeating the course I had at Juventus, where we had started rebuilding, as in this case, and we came to the top.

I know many people said I couldn't go to China because it would be a step backwards in football terms, but I think anyone would at least consider such an offer.

The day I heard Juventus were interested in me, my mind was made up.

I've dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.

My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.

A lot of people said I left Nottingham Forest for the wrong reasons, but that wasn't true. I wanted to play for a top team like Chelsea.

When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.

It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.

If it is possible I want to finish my career at Manchester United.

It's tough, as Chelsea's a very special place for me, and I've always had a great relationship with the fans, but it became very obvious that I was not in the manager's plans. I have achieved great things there, but I just needed to play football, and that's why I got the move to Fenerbahce.

I would never have left Everton for anybody but an ambitious football club. And I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity.

Arsenal have always been a dream of mine and I always thought one day I would go there.

I always wanted to be going out on loan and playing football and maturing as a goalkeeper.

My ambitions were always to be a solid SPL player.

For me it was massive there was interest from Manchester United. To sign for such a club was important to me in my football career.

It is true that I did not want to leave Milan. That changed when Zlatan Ibrahimovic came from Barcelona. Then I realised that for me it is better to go.

I was really close to joining Barcelona, but in the end, it wasn't to be.

Juventus made a big offer for me, I think it was around €20 million. Stuttgart were thinking about it, but I was the one who declined. I thought it was better for me to stay there and grow as a player before making a big move.

Shakhtar specifically are proud when traditional clubs from Europe come knocking, and I knew it would be quite hard to convince them to let me join City. Listen, I am absolutely thankful for the opportunity they gave me, but I also think I worked my socks off for that club, and it was time to look after my career.

Money is important, but the most important thing for me is to play football, and then I'm happy. OK, you want to earn a good amount of money to be secure, but if I chose money, I would go to Russia and already have a lot more. I like to play football, and that is it.

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?