If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time.

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.

At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match.