A final is a final, a trophy is a trophy, a cup is a cup. Whatever cup you play, you want to win it, especially when you are a player.
— Samir Nasri
Now I am finally a City player, and that's all I wanted since the start.
When you compare Arsenal and City, it's not the same. With City, I'm playing in a better team.
All my career, I've played in great teams - Marseille was a great team, Arsenal was a great thing, but we never won a trophy. With Manchester City, first year, it happened, and it was just a big relief.
It's so important to do well in the first game of a tournament because it can be key in the group. If you lose, you have so much pressure on the next two games.
I love American culture.
I wanted to write history rather than participate in it.
If you want to be a big player and play for a big club, you have to deal with the pressure.
From the start, there was unanimity about my arrival at Manchester City. The coach, the executive director Garry Cook, and chairman Khaldoun al-Mubarak - I felt everyone wanted me.
My departure from Arsenal was purely for sporting reasons.
I'm lucky to have a second chance. Not everyone in life has a second chance, and I do.
I can play in the centre or on the wing, behind one or two strikers, on the left or the right.
I do not see myself returning to Ligue 1. I love the Premier League. I like my life in England.
Tactically, I know how to play on one side even though I remain convinced that I can play better through the middle.
The problem is you lose too much energy when you play in the Premier League. Even when you play the team on the bottom, it is difficult.
It's not enough to be top in your league if you don't do anything in the Champions League.
I don't pretend; I'm honest. Sometimes that causes a problem; I always say what I think.
If I stay working with Pep Guardiola, if he wants me, he's just going to be a lucky man because I will be really hungry. I am the type of player for his philosophy and the way he likes his team.
I made mistakes, I know, but I'm not the ugly duckling that some people seem to think.
My dream is to play in the MLS maybe, because I love the lifestyle in America. Doesn't matter - New York, L.A. - I want the big city.
Marseille would be the only place that I'd like to play in France, but I think it's not realistic.
When I am on the pitch, I don't focus on the opposition fans. I am focused on doing my best for the team.
I like Sevilla's attacking style. That is why I chose them.
Wenger is an immense manager and a great man. He takes care of his players, maybe too much. He's not a man of conflict.
I'm never happy with my performances. I always want more and better for myself.
Arsenal remains a big club, but the building of Emirates Stadium changed a lot of things.
I do not have regrets, I do not regret joining Manchester City.
I'm really happy that West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini have given me a chance to be playing again.
I like offensive, technical, and quick football - exactly in the style of Arsenal.
I'm not perfect.
Defeat is forbidden.
The past is the past, and we have to look forward.
We get older, we get more mature and stronger mentally. You learn to deal with different situations.
I don't want to go back to the national team and play the hypocrite when some of them asked for me to be kicked out.
The crowd at City are amazing, and that's what you want as a player - a good atmosphere.
You can ask any player: I never had any problem with any French team-mate.
When you win the league, it's different. Saying it is one thing, but when you win it, you know all your hard work for the season has just been rewarded.
If starting games in a club like Manchester City and winning two titles isn't enough, too bad. I won't regret anything.
I was at Marseille and had four coaches in four seasons. Changing coaches is nothing new.
I needed a familiar club that would give me affection, and Sevilla can do that.
Arsenal do not have money to spend, so they are gambling on young players. Arsenal are obliged to sell their best players and bet on youth - but what counts is having a team, great players, and a solid squad to win titles.
I'm used to dealing with pressure.
Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.
I don't regret leaving Arsenal.
I hope I will integrate myself quickly in this team and bring everything I can to Arsenal and the fans.
I see myself going to play in the MLS, to discover something other than France.
After 2012, I wanted to stop, but my father told me I had to play the World Cup. I tried to be good.
Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?
The thing in the Champions League is not just the talent. It's not being a team. It's the experience as well.
I hope I can score many more goals and help to bring more trophies.
