I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.

An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.

To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly in your path. Any footballer you ask will always tell you that Scholesy was one of the best players they've ever played with.

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.