You need people who score goals. That's how you win games

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

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

I was born to score goals, I feel.

I think in terms of best players, I would have to say Ronaldo, the real Ronaldo, the Brazilian one. I was fortunate enough to have a year with him at Real Madrid. He was at the end of his career and was probably half the player he was. But, in his prime, he was quite simply astonishing.

I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me again.

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.