Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

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.

I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.

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

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.