Branislav 'Bane' Ivanovic

"I think we will be much more creative in attack with the new players that we got in the summer."

"Now we have a lot of players that are really strong in attacking moves, so I believe that we will be really strong. And I also hope that we will be strong enough to win some trophies."

"But it will not be easy, it never is. We have a quality team - that is for sure. We already had it last season when we fought until the end for the title."

"And don’t forget, we were also in the Champions League semi-final. But as I said, I believe that we are even stronger now with these new players, so I hope the new season will be even better for us."

"But we will have to be stronger until the end and you also need a lot of luck."

"We have the quality here and the way we are working every day on passing is improving the movement."

"It is really amazing how quickly the new players have adapted. You could see straight from the first day how they work, how well they do their jobs, and that it is normal for them to play this way."

"That is why they are here and we are all very happy about that."

"As this group stays together for a long time, we will get better and better - we know each other's games, we know the movement of each other and this gives us the opportunity to play more easily in games."

"Sometimes we work on special things in preparation for a game, and this is one thing, but it is another to understand your team-mates, to know how they work and what they like on the pitch."

"The moment you start to see what they usually do in training, you know they will usually do this in the game. You have to feel that."

"We look at our squad and see that we have enough quality and good enough players to do this, so we have to keep focused and we have to give to our supporters and our club something that will make a difference - and this is trophies."

"Now I feel more freedom, more confidence, and the way we are training, the way we are preparing for games and the way things are inside the club make you feel 100% better and you feel you are improving all the time with these players and everything we have here."