Overview

• He credits Fabio Capello at Juventus with teaching him to “take respect,” saying that tough discipline turned him from “a normal human into an animal.”
• He recalls arriving in Serie A at 22 as a “fantasy world” experience and says Italian football was decisive in making him one of the world’s top strikers.
• He describes his 2009–10 Barcelona season as a dream that soured despite 21 goals and 13 assists, with a strained relationship with Pep Guardiola preceding his exit.
• He acknowledges he never won the Champions League, notes he was pleased when PSG lifted their first title last season, and calls himself an architect of that club’s rise.
• Reflecting on his upbringing in Malmö’s Rosengård, he says hardship forged his mentality and reiterates that wealth eases life but does not secure enduring happiness.