Xherdan Shaqiri

When I played for the Basel youth team, I also worked in a sweet shop.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

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…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

I think my agents take care of my future.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

I was born in Kosovo and grew up in Switzerland.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

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

— Xherdan Shaqiri

I have always wanted to play in the Premier League because I am a fast, strong player, and I think it will…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

For me, nothing is impossible.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

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

— Xherdan Shaqiri

I would love to stay in England, but I don't want to rule anything out.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

You have competition all over the world, not only in football, in normal life, too. Everyone fights for his place, but in…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

Every player wants to play on the biggest stages in football. I have played for big teams. I know what it takes.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

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

— Xherdan Shaqiri

Here at Stoke, I cannot exert too much influence, simply because there is a lack of quality around me.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

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

— Xherdan Shaqiri

As I was always the youngest, I had to fight for everything.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss guys are always exactly on time, but Albanians are not like this.

— Xherdan Shaqiri