As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you.

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.