I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me.

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.

For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.