I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.

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?

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

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.