Shkodran Mustafi

I made the decision to play for Germany because this country gave me something and helped me during my youth.

That's the intelligence of football: to see when to be compact, when to counter-attack, or, if you see that you're in the opposite half, you try and win the ball.

My religion means so much to me and to my career. It helps me so much.

Competition is right, but it has to be healthy.

Competition is something that brings you to the next level because if you have no competition, and you know you are starting week in, week out, it takes a little bit of the quality.

Big teams want goalkeepers who are not only good on the line but good with their feet as well.

In every country, you play a different style of football. Sometimes if it's really tactical, like it is in Spain, it seems like it slows down the tempo, but it's not really the case.

Being a Muslim is very important to me, more important than anything, although sometimes travel makes it difficult for me to always pray when I want to.