So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us.

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come

So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?