It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.

If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world.

It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

Italy and Spain really are not my countries.

When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.