I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means to me to play for Newcastle United.

First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.

We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

The FA Cup means a lot. There is a real passion here for the competition which you don't get elsewhere. It's a love affair. It's part and parcel of living up here. People might think I'm daft, but I'm not wrong; I'd rather win the Cup than the League.

There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.

Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.

Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got; as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried.