The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

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