Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

International football is one clog further up the football ladder

Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him

Your chest is different to your head.

It was a titanic effort.

If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job.

You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same.