I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18. I was watching it on Soccer Saturday and I was like, "I can't believe he's scored!" It's professional jealousy. It's best to be honest about it. It gave me real desire. I was thinking "God I want that to be me".

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.