00:00When AC Milan called me, it was a very special moment for me and for my family because every
00:12player or every football fan knows AC Milan because of its history or the legends. At the
00:20same moment I was proud, happy and ready because it's a special thing for me, for my family,
00:27for my friends. I was ready to come here and I decided very fast if I want to come here
00:33or not. It's a very big thing for me because now I'm living alone and it's very good for
00:39me. When I came here it was another world for me because I only knew Milanello in Schalke
00:47and it's very nice here. It's a very big building and I feel good here. I started playing football
01:00when I was five years old in a small city. Later, in 2014, I joined Schalke. I was for 11 years
01:10there, which shaped me a lot as a player and as a person. It was a very good time because
01:16I was born in Gelsenkirchen. It's a city from Schalke, so it was very close to my house. I
01:24drove maybe 10 minutes for training and I learned a lot. I learned discipline, to work hard. I
01:31learned mentality and to compete on a high level. For example, Malik Chau and me, we had
01:39the same coach in the under-19. I played 11 years there and I played very good, I think.
01:47I played in every season and I had moments which were not that good. For example, injuries. In
01:57the under-17 and under-19, I was injured for more than half a season. If I look back, it
02:06was good for me because it made me mentally stronger and I focused more on taking care of my body.
02:15In the under-18, I was nominated for the first time for the national team of Turkey. It was
02:23a very special moment for me and my family too. It was a very nice time.
02:28My parents were born in Turkey and I was born in Germany, so I am both. I am Turkish and
02:37German and so I can decide if I want to play for Turkey or for Germany. And I decided for
02:44Turkey because my parents are Turkish. It was especially for my parents very special when
02:52I played for the first time. Zlatan, which is our generation, so it was very nice to watch.
02:59And yeah, so the legends like Hullet, Maldini, it was crazy when we saw the videos, especially
03:08Ronaldinho. It was very nice to watch how he played football, so when we watch YouTube videos
03:15for something. In Milan Futuro every player has the same goal to grow up and to go to the
03:22first team to get the maximum out of my career. So this is the goal to develop, to be better,
03:30better, better and to get better. And of course, it's a dream to play San Siro. But I think
03:36every player has the same dream and everybody knows that we have to work hard. But it's a dream,
03:42which is possible. So we have to work harder and harder.
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