Mousa Dembele

I chose China because I needed something new. Other clubs in Europe and Qatar were also a possibility, but the adventure at Guangzhou was the most interesting.

For me, in the past, scoring has not always been the most important thing. My priorities have been to play well, to be important for the team. After that, I've always told myself that if I score, then that's just okay.

I think that most players enjoy playing football, but, like in everything, there are good moments and bad moments.

I want to score goals and make goals.

When I was young, I never shot. I always wanted to dribble the ball in the goal.

I like to challenge myself, to compare myself against the best.

Always, against top teams, if you play well, and especially in the Champions League, it's good.

A club like Tottenham are up there with the top teams, and I think they have to be in the Champions League.

I like to watch the top teams in different countries, like Spain or Bayern Munich in Germany. The rest I don't watch. I have nothing to do with that. I'm not a freak. I know guys who watch every game. I'm not like that.

When you have pain, you have pain, and it's always, like, 30 percent there. Of course, there were some games when I was struggling a lot, but there are different solutions to solve it - anti-inflammatory and this kind of thing - so the pain goes away a bit.

I couldn't have imagined Belgium being number one in the world.

It's not so easy to go to a club like Chelsea as a young guy.