If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.

The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.

All Newcastle fans need to know is that I will be giving everything for their cause now.

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.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

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

As everyone knows I've got a passion for horses.