People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there.

I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.

If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play.

At times, European football can be very slow but it speeds up in the final third.

Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and Giggsy's taken on the mantlepiece.

If I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all.