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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.

It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.

Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it.

If you want to win, you have to beat the big teams in Europe, and Juventus are awesome.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

I am happy to be playing in the Premier League because everyone knows it is the strongest league in the world. There are simply a lot of top teams.

I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.