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

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

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?

A lot of people don't know that my father is black

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.

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.