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

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.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

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

I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18. I was watching it on Soccer Saturday and I was like, "I can't believe he's scored!" It's professional jealousy. It's best to be honest about it. It gave me real desire. I was thinking "God I want that to be me".

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

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.