Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

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

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

When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.

As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you.

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.

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.