HE SINGS "HEY JUDE" BY THE BEATLES
The stadium was amazing.
If I play alongside him.
"Have you tried a dish of Scouse yet?"
"Either Xabi Alonso or Steven Gerrard."
That one is a... A great one.
How are we?
Here's Thiago, I have seen thousands of your questions
and I will try to answer a bit of them. I'll try my best, OK?
Let's start.
Before the COVID situation I tried to walk around the city,
I went on the docks, and Anfield, the surroundings of the stadium,
there was an amazing atmosphere there,
what I feel before a game will be awesome.
♫ We've conquered all of Europe, we're never gonna stop... ♫
Yeah, it's an amazing city, very similar to my hometown,
so I'm looking forward to ending this situation we're living in now so I can enjoy the city.
Anything related to sport, because my dad was a football player,
my mum was a volleyball player, so it was an easy choice to be involved in sport.
So, some more about football.
Wow.
Well, the midfield is so big, I can pick both.
We can play with three midfielders.
They were legends here at this club, they were legends in football,
so I have massive respect for the story of Steven Gerrard in this club,
he changed the club as well.
That's Riise, tossed in towards Morientes,
then Gerrard!
Oh, goodness me, what a strike from Steven Gerrard.
I'm looking forward to meeting him.
And with Xabi, Xabi was a friend, a teammate and a teacher for me
while we were playing together for Bayern and the national team,
I like him a lot and respect him as a player, as a person and now as a coach.
They were machines, they were amazing football players.
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Now...back to your questions.
So, definitely my father.
He was a football player, and he was my mirror in that time.
For me, it was not so important what I saw on the pitch,
but I had the luck to see the behaviour of a football player off the pitch.
How many hours he sleeps, how he has to eat -
so it was a kind of example for me.
♫ At the end of the storm... there's a golden sky... ♫
We were facing a great team and in all the areas they were strong:
defending, attacking.
But, yeah, when we got in the stadium it was amazing,
before the game to hear the chants, and also to hear the Champions League anthem,
you just get motivated for the game, it was an amazing feeling.
Wow.
I always say that, more than the best players,
I will always choose the best chemistry and the best friends I have in football,
like my brother Rafinha;
Rodrigo Moreno, who plays in Leeds;
Jonathan dos Santos, who's with LA Galaxy in the USA;
David de Gea, goalkeeper for Man U;
and myself - I think that's the five-a-side I would choose.
The only problem is, somebody has to defend,
but it's OK!
So, next one. Ooh...
Now when we have time with the family, my children love to be in the kitchen with us
and try to do new dishes, so why not?
I've learned a dish from Munich,
and also I will learn a Scouse dish, 100 per cent.
Yeah, for me it's unbelievable, I guess surprised,
I was surprised how fast...
It's very funny, the video is amazing.
How fast the people could, first of all, create the lyric,
and second, the pictures, the video.
It was very fast,
I remember I was flying from Munich to get to Liverpool,
and I saw the video and said, "Wow, I didn't even land here and I have this!"
So, yeah, looking forward to when the stadium is full with people again
and we can hear that song as well, for sure.
First of all, I want to hear a goal from Liverpool,
first of all I want to hear the famous chanting of Liverpool fans,
and then, if things are going good, the play, they like me and I like them for sure,
then I would love to hear that, but first of all let's hear the Liverpool songs
and when we score also, that emotion with the fans.
For me, that's more important than a personal one.
I have already played with Xabi Alonso,
and I can tick this box and say, "OK, I've played with him."
And why not with Steven Gerrard, a legend? He was a midfield player.
If I played alongside him, for me it would be a way to learn more football.
I would say some classical thing like Gladiator.
The night before a game you try to get motivated with it,
and comedies, actions... I don't know, it depends on your mood on the day,
but I think great movies.
I was a big fan of Breaking Bad,
Friends as well,
it's a classic one, amazing.
Entourage, when I was 18 I started to watch it,
and it was pretty funny as well.
"..and did you have a name on the back?"
My first kit was from the team of my dad, which was Valencia.
We had it there in Spain, I remember perfectly wearing that kit
and we didn't want to take it off to sleep - it was amazing.
Amazing moment with that kit.
So, what else?
Yeah, for sure, it's very personal but in the end it's very public
because we wear football shirts and they are short-sleeved.
The most significant one is the picture of me, I was one year old
and for me it means the football passion that I had since I was a kid,
since I was a baby.
I had that picture from my whole life, and it means a lot for me.
Em...
It's acceptable to have everything in a dish,
but for me, no. I don't like pineapple on pizza,
and I'm the guy that loves to mix sweet and salty things.
100 per cent Robbo, Andy Robertson,
he's a very funny guy, a very natural person,
everyone loves him and I think he's a great teammate.
Adrian as well, I know him from the national team, he's from the south of Spain
and the people there are amazing.
Sadio, it seems like there's not a bad day for him
and he's there all the time with a smile, and we appreciate it always.
Gini Wijnaldum, he's a beloved human and a great person
and always, as I say with Sadio, positive thinking, and he's there for you as well.
100 per cent, what can I say, I think it's a not-so-private confession.
From the guys, yes, because how they react between you,
but the coach, you know already how he is, he's a fun guy as well.
Wow. I love, uh...
I was in love with a British song,
but Hey Jude I think was the best I heard from The Beatles,
first of all because my dad used to listen to a lot of these songs as well,
English music. Also it reminds me a lot of football,
because when I was young Hey Jude was on the channel
before the football programme started,
and I always linked this song with football, I don't know why.
♫ Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah-nah-nah... ♫
That one is a great one, yeah.
Amazing.
Thanks for your questions, I really enjoyed it
and hope you have learned a bit more from me.
Thanks, guys.