Quotes from Andre Schurrle

I had a good time at Chelsea and was accepted in the team, so it's difficult to explain why I left. My performances were good as well, but there was a time in my second season when I felt I didn't have the manager's trust any more and I didn't play many matches from the start.

I rate the EPL a bit higher than the Bundesliga.

I think I'm quite a clever player and that I realise there are times when I can be offensive but others when I must be more compact and work for the team, because that is what matters.

I love Chelsea still. I'm not frustrated; it was a great experience.

Mesut is a player who needs the pressure a little bit. He needs the pressure to perform. He is a great player. He is everything that you need in his position when he plays No. 10. He can play the pass and he can score.

When you come to a World Cup with Germany you are expected to win it.

Sometimes I forget, then suddenly I find myself thinking, 'God - I won the World Cup, didn't I?'

You win the World Cup, you're just flying.

In the end, not only the team, but the players themselves benefit from having to prove their worth time and time again, too.

I want to win titles with Chelsea.

That is the only way to survive in the Premier League. Every game is a battle, whether you're playing the top team or the one at the bottom of the table.

When I joined Leverkusen, they were regarded as a quiet club.

I am hungry, I want to achieve something with Chelsea.

It's cool for young guys to see what their idols are doing.

Germany are always among the favourites at major tournaments.

I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.

Mourinho is known for getting under players' skins, tickling and goading better performances out of them.

It's a big jealousy thing in Germany that you have from fans - not the hardcore fans, because they always stand behind their team.

We need to show we could be in a fight, a battle, and win it. If that means we have to be willing to do something that takes a yellow card, then we have to be ready to do that for each other and I'm happy to do that.

I feel it's my duty to get to the young players, tell them what's out there.

Obviously, I talk to young players and help them a little bit with my experience.

I'm the guy who tries with my qualities to help on the field.

I don't know why Mourinho didn't trust me.

With a line of six in the defence and then three in front of that, it's not always easy to find the spaces to score the goals.