I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me.

To play for Barcelona, means to have an opportunity for a brilliant career. But to reach the top of it, you have to play for Real Madrid.

As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.

I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.

In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.

I'm going to Inter to see if they will let me play a bit of football.