I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

You can't do anything about them.

I do believe in fate.

Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.