The only thing I'm sorry about is that there were too many intermediaries involved in these negotiations. It only required two days, yet it's gone on for two months.

As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.

I chose this club because it has the same desire to win that I have,

Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business.

He has a heart as big as his country, ... Nuno Gomes is like that, he can be having a bad patch for his club, but when it comes to defending the Portuguese colors he's explosive.

If we win trophies then I suppose we draw more fans and the club is more successful commercially. But it's not up to me to do the sums.