Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was in the Premier League, he'd be the best player by some distance.

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

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

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

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace

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.

I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.