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Armenan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave an interview to Shakhtar magazine in which he touched on a lot of fascinating topics. Below is an extract from it. 

- Do you feel that you are gaining credibility in the team, your significance is growing, you have the right to speak out?

- Now I don’t have the right to speak out, because there are players who have been at Shakhtar longer than me. We have captain and vice-captain, who are entitled to speak out. I can do my job on the field - that's my right!

- How do you feel about that the fact that you have become popular among girls? Do many female fans see you as a potential husband and want to get acquainted with you?

- As of now, I haven’t met anyone, no one has approached me. (Laughing.) Actually, it's nice to be the centre of girls’ attention.

- Nevertheless, you live at the base and you don’t leave it often...

- Why? Sometimes I go out. I just know what I train and play for. I am not saying that it is impossible to combine the two things. But now, since becoming an idol and beginning to score more, I do not want to forget about football and change the road. I have only one road, and I'm going to combine everything.