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

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

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?

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

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

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.

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.