When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

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

It was a real eye opener and I'm really pleased that I spent a year out there [in Real Madrid].

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.

Clubs don't like their players going off to play international matches and you can see a scenario where they eventually start to make it more difficult for international sides to call up players.

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

I think nowadays Manchester United is more competitive than it's ever been. Obviously, over the last one or two decades, they've always had one challenger or two challengers maybe, whether it be Arsenal or Chelsea.