Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

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

But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?

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

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".

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

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.