I spent 17 years at Real Madrid and nobody can doubt that I'm a 'madridista.'
I have been a Madridista since I was young. I always wanted to play for Real Madrid, and now that I have the opportunity to be important here, I want to take it.
I'm very proud that the world's top clubs showed an interest in me, including the very best: Real Madrid. My Madridista friends are all very happy.
It's a special club, and everybody opened their arms to me from the first day. The fans and my team-mates treated me wonderfully since the day I arrived, and that warmth has made a madridista. Whatever happens, Real Madrid will always be in my heart.
When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.
Madrid is Madrid. There's nothing more to say. It's the biggest team in the world.
For a kid that just played for Oviedo, to then going to play for a team like Real Madrid, it felt fantastic. But being taken out of my family home and moving away alone, into the residence Madrid have for young players, it was a bit difficult. But as time passed, I got used to it.
Leave? Only if Madrid throw me out. I want to stay in Madrid, I want to continue my life in Madrid.
Perhaps Real Madrid fans won't like me saying this but they say Real Madrid fans transmit enthusiasm but I don't think they do. That's not the reality.
Real Madrid are Real Madrid, and any player would want to be at Real Madrid. Why would I want to leave Real Madrid? I wanted to play, nothing else.
At Real Madrid it is difficult to be defensive and this is my main priority.
I understand that it is very difficult for Barca and Madrid to win everything until the end.
It was difficult at Atletico Madrid. It was my first experience in Europe when I went there and La Liga was hard.
I always say that I need competition, and I need competition every week, and in Spain, I was at an amazing club, but I had four matches a year: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Real Madrid v Barcelona, and after that, we'd win 4-0, 5-0, 4-1, 6-1.
The history of Real Madrid is impressive, and Cristiano Ronaldo added a piece more to the history of this club, but Real Madrid can't stop. The player changes club, stops playing, retires and Real Madrid will still be here.
It is difficult to copy Real Madrid, as not every team has those players who can run with such explosion, like Ronaldo.