I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.

European football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?