I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.

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.

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

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.