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

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.

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

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'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.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.