When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

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.

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

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

Being faster would probably make me better at football.