I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

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.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

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.