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00:00 I think they have been fantastic, they are lovely.
00:02 Since I came here, they have been the best fans I have seen so far since my career.
00:06 I think they are wonderful.
00:07 Actually, they are the ones that made me sign for AC Milan because they are fantastic.
00:14 When I was with my national team, they used to send me videos, pictures, tagging me on
00:20 Instagram.
00:21 So, I love their momentum, the way they said, "Oh, Samuel, you are coming.
00:25 Will you come today?
00:26 Will you come tomorrow?"
00:28 I was so, so determined.
00:31 I told my agent, "You have to make this happen because I think I will be loving Milan."
00:37 He said, "Oh, I think when the fans love you, it means you are going to do so many
00:42 wonderful things for them."
00:43 The most important thing for the fans to love you, it doesn't matter if you are ready to
00:47 play or anything.
00:48 But if the fans love you, that means you are going to give them everything they want.
00:51 So, I was very, very happy for them to show me that concern.
00:54 If Milan came and the fans didn't want me, I don't think I would be here.
00:59 I think the fans were amazing and they are fantastic.
01:02 I can't wait to meet them once more again.
01:04 When I think about the pass of this great club and everything, I think I watched Ricardo
01:11 Kaká when he was playing against Manchester United.
01:16 The goal he scored against Manchester United, I think that was a fantastic goal.
01:20 In the Champions League, I think that was the most important thing I have seen in my
01:24 life.
01:25 A fantastic player.
01:26 The one that believes in God and everything.
01:29 I think he is amazing.
01:30 He is the one that I know.
01:34 When I close my eyes, I remember the one Liverpool in the final letter.
01:38 I think it was a fantastic feeling.
01:40 Ricardo Kaká is a fantastic player.
01:42 I think he is the person that if I close my eyes, I say, "Who played in this?"
01:46 I say, "Ricardo Kaká."
01:48 I didn't watch so many other great players, but I watched Ricardo Kaká.
01:53 As a coach, before I came here, he assured me that I'm going to play.
01:58 I think he is a fantastic man.
02:01 He called me the first time.
02:02 The first time when I was on the national team, I made a call with him.
02:05 He called me and he told me the tactical and everything that I need to know.
02:10 Because he told me, "Samuel, this is what we have to do.
02:15 This is why we want to sign you.
02:16 This is what we want from you."
02:18 I think if he doesn't want me, he would not like to sign me.
02:22 If a coach doesn't want me, he cannot say, "Samuel, you have to come.
02:30 You have to do this."
02:31 No.
02:32 He told me, "Samuel, I want you.
02:33 I want you in my team.
02:34 You are part of my project in this great club."
02:36 That's what motivated me.
02:38 That's what pushed me.
02:41 If I didn't talk to the coach, I think I would not think about it.
02:45 The fans always try to shake me a little bit.
02:48 The coach was wonderful.
02:49 He talked to me very nicely and told me what he wants from me.
02:54 He is a wonderful coach.
02:55 The way he spoke to me, the way he said things that he wants to do, the way he wants to develop
03:00 this team, I think that's what motivates me.
03:03 Because if a coach has a project that he wants to do, and if a coach calls me and he doesn't
03:08 have a project, I don't think I would be here.
03:10 But he has a project and I saw the project and I believe in the project that he is planning
03:14 to do.
03:15 As I said, we have fantastic players that he has already grouped into.
03:21 He told me every fantastic player that he is going to sign and everything.
03:24 That's what motivates me to be in this place.
03:26 I think he is a fantastic man and he is a great coach.
03:29 From now we have to give him time because we have new players who have to adapt to so
03:33 many places.
03:34 Within time, I think we are going to kill Serie A. Don't worry.
03:39 Every season, everybody grows.
03:41 You try to overpass what you have done in the last part.
03:45 The thing I did in La Liga last season has already passed.
03:47 This is a new challenge for me.
03:49 So I have to do great.
03:50 I have to write my name in the wall of Milan.
03:52 So I have to make history also here.
03:54 So for me, I think this is a challenge for me.
03:58 Last season, this has already passed.
03:59 I have already made a great impact in Villarreal and everything.
04:03 So I think Milan is a great opportunity for me to showcase my talent and everything.
04:09 I think I'm going to make everybody proud.
04:12 I think I'm ready to take up this challenge.
04:14 There's nothing to be scared about.
04:17 I've already set my goal so don't worry.
04:20 I didn't come here to be watching, to be eating or to be doing anything else, to win the money
04:27 or anything.
04:28 But I'm here to win a trophy because that's what they signed me.
04:31 This is my work.
04:32 I don't have another work apart from playing football.
04:35 So my football, my work is to win trophies and to write my name in the history of Milan
04:40 so that when everybody, any player, anybody just come across, I say, "Oh, which people
04:45 won this?"
04:46 They'll see my name.
04:47 I say, "Oh, so much.
04:48 You guys were in Milan."
04:49 Everybody will be, "Ah, that's great."
04:51 I want to make a name for myself and for my family and for Milan also because I think
04:56 it's a great achievement in my career to win something because I cannot come to AC Milan,
05:01 I cannot win something.
05:02 It's a great club to win something.
05:05 And when you win something, I think you have already won the heart of everybody in the
05:08 club and the fans also.
05:10 So I think my first project here, my first priority is to win something.
05:17 Scudetto, Champions League, any cup, Italian cup, I think that AC Milan is the most important
05:23 thing for me to win.
05:24 I don't care how it's going to happen, but I'm going to win a trophy here.
05:28 (laughing)