Emre Can

I came to Leverkusen as a very young player and didn't have many Bundesliga games back then. I wasn't well known.

The position in the middle of the field is the position I'm most comfortable with and where I can improve the most.

Steven Gerrard doesn't play because his name is Steven Gerrard. He plays because of what he brings in terms of performances. If that wasn't the case, he wouldn't play. He is as good as he was, and I have learned a lot from him.

If teams come to Anfield, I don't think they will be expecting to get an easy game.

I think you are wrong if you play a Champions League game, and you don't find motivation.

I never had problems with Klopp.

Really, the club is like a big family. The locker-room spirit is also similar to what I had experienced at Liverpool, but I really like it here at Juventus, because it's not just a set of champions. The sense of a team, the group, is strongly felt.

The Premier League is just a really cool league, the most interesting in the world, but you must always respect other big clubs and leagues.

I want to become a world-class player.

I've developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

Liverpool FC is a great club, and the fans are amongst the best in the world.

I'm trying to get the best out of myself.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

I don't regret leaving Bayern Munich. I am convinced it was the correct step for me.

A piece of my heart will always be with Liverpool.

It's difficult to go out when there is a match every third day. There isn't that much time - it's either preparation or recovery - and I would rather spend my time with friends at home.

As a kid, my parents told me I always seemed to play football with older people. As a boy, I always trained in the age group above, and even kicking about on the street, I'd play with the bigger ones.

I don't think anyone can replace Steven Gerrard, be it Messi or whoever.

When you play football, you have to do a lot of running.

I think all coaches have their own way of doing things.

In the Bundesliga, you have Bayern Munich, and they win it every year. Or Dortmund.

I want to go my own way - to build my own career. To be known as Emre Can.

The Confed Cup is a chance for me to prove what I can do.

I never thought being a Liverpool player would be easy.

Any move is a risk. Nothing is guaranteed in football.

When you have a new manager, and everything is new, it gives every team a lift.

Football is like that - sometimes you have good times, sometimes you have bad times.

It is always difficult, if you win against City, everybody expects it to be an easy win, but it will not be easy. It will be very difficult.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

I always have a drive to take me forward offensively, regardless of what position I am playing.

I want to make it very clear that I have nothing at all against Bayern. They gave me lot of good things, a good education, and it was my decision to leave.

I say always that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and it's an honour to play here.

I am a completely different player to Ballack and Schweinsteiger. I admire the careers they have had - I hope mine will be like theirs - but I am not the same.

Sadio is a world-class player. He has so many qualities. He's a very strong player; he's a very quick player. He's always scoring goals and creating chances for the team.

The big teams will want to avoid Liverpool. Everyone knows we are a very strong side.

I try to show myself at Liverpool, and when I come to the national team, I try to show myself in training or in games.

It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time - which is always different to training - I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

It is always better to play and be on the pitch.

You can only advise young players to make the step to Liverpool.

Nobody at Liverpool questions the manager. Jurgen Klopp is a top, top manager.

My goal is to play a lot, more often, and to be a leader.

Juventus is a huge club. I followed the team since I was young.

Everybody knows that Jurgen Klopp is a great manager and a great guy as well.

I want to be a big player one day, and to be that, you have to win titles.

It feels good to get to a final, but it makes no sense when you lose, so you have to win the final.

I know, when I am fit and pain-free, I am confident.

I've had calf problems for many years, and it has been very difficult for me because I've played out of position, which means more sprints. Ten minutes into the game, I've not been able to feel my feet in a few games. I didn't like to go to the media and say, 'I am injured.'

I want to play injury-free.

I am happy at Liverpool.