I'm used to playing football every day, travelling, playing games.

I will need to very well for Manchester United to keep coming back to the Selecao.

It's very hard for most players to be at the top in a four-year cycle.

It's an honour to wear the Selecao shirt, and I want to help the team and the manager in any way I can.

I love this city. Whenever I'm in Manchester, it feels like home.

Sometimes you can get a bit down but you have to pick yourself up every day and fight and I think that has always made me stronger.

When I was young, living in Belgium, my parents spoke Portuguese, we have the Brazilian passion at home, I played with PSV in Holland, you experience all these different cultures and you get used to living with that. I think it has made me a better player and a better person to get out of my comfort zone.

I feel like I have a good mixture now between European discipline and the flair of Brazilian players. I think it's important to show that character on the pitch, to show your identity and who you are.

It's difficult being a midfielder in today's modern game.

For a midfielder now you have to be strong, fast and see the play very quickly. You have to be very versatile.