I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

Remember every team wants to beat Chelsea, probably even more than Manchester United or Arsenal because they believe we have an unfair advantage.

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

I had a fear of losing, a fear of what might happen if I had a bad game. Would I get dropped? I don't remember a lot of stuff in my career.

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.