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?

A lot of people say you always come back to what you are good at. Football has been 25 years of my life, so maybe I'll come back to it in some sort of way.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

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

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

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