I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

There have been so many outstanding players I've had as team-mates, but if I had to choose I'd choose Giggsy, he can do anything.

I am not ashamed to admit that in the games against Barcelona I spent a lot of the time just hoping he would take up positions as far away from me as possible. Elusive is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi's style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then - blink - he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball.

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

Nobody has ever had to go off following one of my tackles and nobody has broken their leg.

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong