Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.

And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.

Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and theres the Welsh connection.

The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.