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.

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.

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.

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.

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 not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]