He has an awareness of what's happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he's proving just as effective from outside the box because he's using his experience in the right way. It doesn't matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world.

Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.

It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.

You are not going to be happy if you lose to a goal in the last minute. It is difficult to take and difficult to get out of your mind.

The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.

I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now, where he is being mocked within the game. Whether he's getting too old, I don't know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa... From a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility.

I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.