When I came to Chelsea from West Ham there were certain parts of my game I felt I needed to improve and I like to think now that I have shown dramatic improvement.

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.

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, "Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer". I'm dwelling on it. I have turned down a few Premier League offers. But the fact is, after being at Chelsea for so long and a year with Manchester City, I don't want to get involved in a relegation dogfight.

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 was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.