The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer.

Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best they have seen. He plays a game with which we are not familiar.

We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers.

I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.

The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.