Luckily they had a stupid on their side too.

You couldn't put a value on him, he's on another planet. For me, Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the No.1 player in the world.

He's disappeared to Azerbaijan, or somewhere ridiculous in the world.

Paul Scholes should be included in England's Euro 2012 squad.

I can't keep protecting people who don't want to run about and train, who are about three stone overweight. What am I supposed to keep saying? 'Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week but don't train'? What's the game coming to?

I tape over most of them with Corrie or Neighbours. Most of them are crap. They can f***ing make anyone look good. I signed Marco Boogers off a video. He was a good player but a nutter. They didn't show that on the video.

What are they going to do, shoot me? It's not war you know.