Best players I played with? Striker wise, well, I had a great record with Emile Heskey - he would be one of my favourite partnerships because we were so different and worked together so well.

There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.

[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.

While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.

My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.