How’s life?
Good. It was a big change moving here from Manchester. My wife was eight months pregnant and it was a busy year, with the baby, settling in, a new language for us and a new team. But we came through it well and everything is more settled. I now speak the language and know my way around Madrid.
Isn’t it true that the Dutch people learn a new language each day after breakfast?
I tried to pick up Spanish straight away. I had classes at home and after six months I could speak a bit. Few people speak English in Madrid so I had to learn quickly. David Beckham helped me when I arrived – no with my Spanish – but at the club. He knew everyone and told me who was who and how everything worked. That was a great help.
Beckham was a success in Madrid…
Big time. I was happy that he left having won a trophy after four years here because he deserved one. He was a very important player for the Real Madrid team.
Did he give you any tips on fatherhood?
Not so much. I already knew it would change my life and it’s been great. I’ve had sleepless nights, but I get so much from my daughter that it’s worth it.
And she’ll be learning new languages…
We speak to her in Dutch, but she goes to day care where they speak Spanish. Two languages is enough for now.
How does living in Madrid compare to Manchester?
It’s quiet here. I live outside the city and don’t get bothered. The weather becomes cold in the winter, but we live outdoors between March and October. That’s good for a family.
Do you miss Manchester?
We do. We were very happy there and I always thought that I would finish my career at United. Sometimes things don’t go the way you plan, but that’s true in life and not just football. We spent five years there and Manchester will always be part of us. We met some great people and I had a wonderful time playing for United. My final months at the club were difficult, but I don’t think of those when I remember my time at Old Trafford.
Has the dust settled?
Yes. It was tough at the end, but that’s part of professional life. I hold no grudges and sometimes I look back and laugh at the situation. I think we would act differently if the same situation repeated itself, but everyone has moved on. United had a great season in 2006/07 and won the league, while I had a great campaign and won La Liga. Other players have taken over my job at Old Trafford of putting the ball in the back of the net.
Cristiano Ronaldo being the top scorer…
Ronaldo’s development has been the big change since I left. He stands out now. His improvement has been incredible.
How has he raised his game?
He came as a young lad and needed to improve. The manager gave him confidence by playing him all the time. By doing that he got the footballer he wanted. Ronaldo’s now a great player. He makes the right decisions, taking the man on when he needs to and passing the ball at the right time. He does everything – he takes free kicks and corners. He leaves goal kicks to van der Sar, but I expect him to start taking them soon.
Is Ronaldo on a par with Kaká and Messi?
Oh, yes. If he carries on like this he’ll be the best player in the world. He’s got everything.
You’re still watching United, then?
I see most of the games. United are always on television in Spain, usually before we play. It’s good to see United doing so well and I like seeing games at Old Trafford because I’ve got happy memories from there.
Do you keep in contact with any of your former team-mates?
I do, by text and by phone. I had a great time, not just with the players, but with the people at Carrington. United is a wonderful club and those people help to make it that way. United is a huge operation, but at the centre it feels like a family. Everything is very well organised. It’s one of the biggest clubs in the world, but you don’t feel lost. As a United player everything is about training hard and winning things. That’s what the whole atmosphere at the club is about.
Does that stem from the manager?
It stems from the boss’s authority. His will to win is so strong that it affects every aspect of the club.
How does that compare with Madrid?
It’s similar because both clubs consistently go for the biggest trophies. There are so many similarities between them: the winning mentality, the huge fan base and stadiums. Old Trafford and the Bernabéu are always full at matches and both have that magic, history and tradition.
How does Sir Alex Ferguson compare with your current manager Bernd Schuster?
A better comparison is between Ferguson and Fabio Capello. They both know what it means to win many, many trophies and have the ability to create champions.
Capello seemed good for you after you left United?
He was great and I was sorry to see him leave. He’s a great man.
You appear fitter at Madrid than you did at United?
The leagues are different. The tempo is higher in England and the play more physical than in Spain. I’m glad the hard work I put in has paid off.
You score goals from outside the box in Spain. What changed?
Amazing, isn’t it? I scored one goal outside the box in England, but here I can drop deep. I come into the midfield to receive the ball and I didn’t do that at United. We had an unbelievable midfield at Old Trafford so I just needed to stay up front, receive the ball and finish. The approach is different in Spain. The build-up is slower and you get more time to play. As a striker in England it can be difficult to get into the game.
You’ve spoken about Ronaldo, what about Rooney?
He’s excellent. Sometimes he does too much and runs from one back line to the other back line. With his strength, pace and ability to beat a man he’s always a threat. His finishing is good and he’s still really young so he’ll only get better. United fans couldn’t wish for any more at the moment than Rooney, Ronaldo, Nani and Tevez. The last two in the list are new, but they are both producing the goods. And Louis Saha is a very, very good player. I really hope that he gets a good run of games because he has the qualities to play at the highest level.
At United you played alongside Rooney and Ronaldo. At Madrid it’s Raúl and Robinho…
All have been a pleasure to play with. Here, Robinho has incredible and knows a thousand ways to beat a defender, while Raúl is a great companion up front. We are compatible because we do different things.
How does Spain’s media compare with England’s?
There was no press at Carrington on a daily basis, but here there are 40 journalists each day because several newspapers need to fill 12 pages with Madrid news every day. It’s more open here, but then the club can be more open because there is not a tabloid atmosphere. Stories are written to make them interesting, but there’s not the nasty culture of writing stories to damage people like in the UK.
How do the fans compare?
The English are the best supporters in the world. The stadiums are always full. When United played away, our section was packed with the hardcore making a great atmosphere. I can hear the United fans singing when I watch matches on television. I noticed that they have changed the words of one song from ‘Glasgow’, where the 2002 Champions League final was held, to ‘Moscow’ the venue for this year’s final. ‘Follow, follow, follow, because United are going to Moscow,’ – that’s the one. United have the quality to get there.
A famous player once said that there was only one way after Manchester United – down.
Who said that? (laughs) Gary Neville?
Gordon McQueen…
I know what point he is trying to get across, but there’s no way that I took a step down by joining Real Madrid. When you are at United you think that nothing else matters apart from that club and I felt the same when I was at Old Trafford. I can’t deny that it was special to be there, an honour even, and you get wrapped up in that. It’s a good thing. You don’t think that anywhere else can compare to United, but I had the good fortune to come here. If I hadn’t done well then maybe I would have thought it was the wrong choice, but I had a great first season and I’m happy.
Diego Forlan said that football is like a religion in England, with 90 per cent of people involved, whereas it was only 20 per cent in Spain…
That may have been true at Villarreal [the club Forlan joined in August 2004 after spending two years with United], but it’s different in Madrid as I’m sure he’s found out [Forlan signed for Athlético Madrid in June 2007]. The people are crazy about football. Their well-being depends on the teams’ results. Make no mistake about it, Manchester and Madrid are both cities that are big on football.
The top scorers’ chart in Spain contains three former United strikers [van Nistelrooy, Diego Forlan and Giuseppe Rossi]. Why do you think you’ve all done so well?
If you’re able to perform at a club like United, you can do so anywhere. I learned so much at Old Trafford, from playing with great talent to dealing with the pressure of being at a club like United, I was able to perform as soon as I arrived here.
With recent transfers between United and Real, Beckham welcomed you here and you welcomed Gabriel Heinze…
I did, but it was an easy job. He could already speak the language, had already played in Spain and there were the Argentinian players Gago, Higuain and Saviola, so he felt at home. Gaby and I talk about our time in Manchester.
The movement of footballers has become global. It’s not a major shock if Manchester United sign a South American player any more…
You only have to look at the different nationalities in the dressing rooms. It’s easier to move abroad because the world has become smaller. I can watch Dutch and English television in Madrid. I don’t think Arnold Muhren could watch Dutch programmes when he moved to United all those years ago [1982]. Today, it’s easy to keep in touch.
Who are your friends within Madrid?
The three Dutch players who’ve arrived: Arjen Robben, Royston Drenthe and Wesley Snijder. We meet a lot outside of football with our families. I have a great relationship with them and we’re the Dutch community of Spain. But it’s important to mix, too. We all speak Spanish and integrate.
Has it been a good life experience?
Definitely. And I think I did it the right way by first moving to England which is similar to Holland in many ways, and then coming to Madrid. It’s good t play and live in different countries and to experience other cultures.
The title race in Spain this season looks like it will be as exciting as last year’s…
It does, just like in England. Madrid are in a good position.
And when that’s finished there’s Euro 2008…
I’m looking forward to it. Holland have a tough group with France, Italy and Romania. If we get through we can win it.
What ambitions remain in football for you?
Winning the Champions League, which I’ve never done. And I just want to continue the way I’m playing for as long as I can.
The team has played well in patches, but the fact that we’ve drawn too many games and lost ground at the top, does that take some of the pleasure away from scoring goals?
We’ve played some good games and when you score and win it’s the ideal situation, that’s what we all work for. But things don’t always go your way and we have to deal with that, perhaps prepare so that we don’t let the same things happen.
The Gaffer told us in his column last month that scoring goals as a team has been out main problem over the last 12 months. Can you put your finger on why we’ve struggled?
I think away from home we have done well – compared to Chelsea we’ve pretty much matched them in drawing one and winning three.
At home, though, we’ve dropped seven points whereas they’ve won all their home games, that’s the difference between us.
I think we have to improve in that sense – learn to break down teams that come to Old Trafford to defend. We have scored one goal four times at home this season and we should be doing better that that – it’s not a matter of us missing a lot of chances, we just need to play better against tighter defences in order to create more chances.
Can we adapt our game so that we play in a similar fashion to when we’re away from home, perhaps?
I think we can improve on playing in the opponents’ half, keeping them under pressure all the time, but that is one of the hardest things in football. Just look at the World Cup Qualifiers, when the bigger teams played smaller sides that put 10 men behind the ball – it’s always difficult. England against Austria, us against Macedonia, for example, teams that are happy to settle for a point – Blackburn, Tottenham and City…but that’s what we have to improve on. I think we just have to look at our own issues and see where we can improve, that’s the way you become successful. For sure, it’s not the end of the world so far.
Last year you were in and out of the team because of injury, it must be nice to be playing regularly and scoring again?
Yeah, when things are going well, you feel better. But my life and football are two different things. When I come in to train I work on thins, but when I go home I can switch off – so in that sense last season didn’t affect me. Sometimes it’s frustrating but I know where I came from, I know that I came through a lot to get here and I know there isn’t anything I can’t overcome.
Your partnership with Wayne Rooney this season has shown the potential to match some of the great partnerships of the last decade at Old Trafford…
Over the years I have had a few partnerships – Ole, Scholesy and so on…and we scored plenty of goals. I think that could be the case with me and Wayne this season. We have 15 between us so far, which is positive and we can build on that.
The press like to talk up the importance of the three Rs to the future success of United; yourself, Rooney and Ronaldo. What do you make of the coverage the three of you get?
Maybe because it’s the three Rs it’s something easy and nice for them to write [laughs], but I don’t think it does justice to the team. We have Rio Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Scholes, Mikael, Edwin and Giggsy…I would say that is the core of the team.
Has some of the burden of scoring goals been taken off your shoulders with the addition of Wayne to the team? And do you feel that the midfield needs to pitch in with more goals?
Of course, you can see that at Chelsea with Frank Lampard scoring ten goals from midfield, that can make a team special. But Scholesy has done that over the years, he has proved he’s been an incredible goalscorer from midfield. Okay, he hasn’t scored so far this season, but I think it will only be a matter of time, once he scores on he’ll get that feeling and score more. He expects to score 10-15 goals a season, like Ronaldo, and if they can do that then we can add a bit of variety to our forward play.
Ole Solskjaer was your last prolific partner, the two of you notching 61 goals in 2002/03. You said in an interview on your official website that you wanted to be on the pitch when he returns…how pleased would you be to see him return?
Ah man, it would mean everything to me. I know how hard he works. If somebody deserves to come back it’s him because of the effort he puts in. He’s had a few setbacks but he’s dealt with them and I can only admire and respect him. He always keeps his head high, his back straight – we all hope he’s backs soon.
You’re a man of many goalscoring records, do you consciously think about them when you play?
You are aware of it, but it’s not really the mean thing you think about, it’s just a nice situation to be in. It means that you’ve done something well and that’s great for your confidence and makes you feel good about yourself.
Ryan’s been talking up the chances of you catching and surpassing Raul’s European record of 50 goals in the European Cup – is that next in your sights?
That would be nice. For me as a striker I know every goal I’ve scored in my life, at every level, and it’s kind of like a life’s work, when you break records. From the age of 17 when I wrote them down, it’s nice to add another every time.
You’re a very relaxed and contented person off the pitch, but on it you’re extremely intense – is that an integral part of your game?
I think it’s vital for me to have the right focus and mentality. I’m not one to merely go out on the pitch and just switch on and do the business. I have to be well prepared and with the right focus and training. When it all comes together I think I am at my best.
Is there anything you do to get into ‘the zone’?
For me it’s all about concentration, all my focus and attention goes on the game, it’s the only thing that matters to me and I try to achieve that in every match, in preparation for what’s going to happen in the 90 minutes.
As United’s target man you sometimes take a hammering from defenders. Is there a worry as to how long your body can withstand that kind of punishment?
I think, touch wood [he touches the table], I haven’t had many big kicks over the years, but I can feel what’s going to happen and I hope I can keep that sixth sense, that’s what has saved me from injury so far. It’s also a matter of having a good touch and playing the ball away before defenders get near you, or being bale to jump out of the way when needed! As a striker you don’t think about it, you react.
There seems to be a wealth of attacking options available now with Ryan in good form and the emergence of Park Ji-Sung… Have you been surprised with how he’s adapted to the English game?
He’s done really well, adapted well to the game and settled in his life. That’s a great sign of his character because he’s come straight in and done the business – it says a lot about him.
Character seems to be something there’s a lot of at Old Trafford this season – there always seems to be an overriding feeling of wanting to prove the critics wrong?
There’s a great spirit in this side. When we go in the dressing room we’re all together, we’re a good team and we fight for each other. There’s a good atmosphere on the road when we’re travelling and it’s great to be around our team, that’s why we’ll always bounce back no matter what happens to us and it makes us stronger. Ultimately it will make us the best and that’s what we all want.
We’ll have to catch Chelsea at the top to be the best, have you been surprised by their unbeaten start in the Premiership this year?
They’ve done well and you can only give them credit for that. But it also shows that if they can do it, we can do it and that’s what we want to achieve. For us it’s a target and one we have to meet to be successful – that is why we train hard.
We can’t wait for Chelsea to have a blip. We have to take matters into our own hands to worry about our own business, and we are capable of playing really good football; a passing game in which we create chances and get forward more. We have players that can cross the ball, create assists from midfield…we have good defenders, good goalkeepers – everything is in place I think and we know we can play. Against Spurs, Middlesbrough and Lille we didn’t play that well, that wasn’t United. We wan to play in a way everyone wants to see us. We didn’t keep the ball well but we’ve realised that with some hard work, we will succeed.
Injuries haven’t helped, do you think the fact that we’ve had to change the side regularly has hindered us finding that consistency?
We miss Giggsy, we miss Roy, Gary… they are out three captains. Now we miss Gabriel too, he was a revelation last season and I think any team would struggle without such influential players. To be fair to the likes of Phil Bardsley, Sheasy and Alan [Smith], they have all done great things and it’s a positive sign that they can all handle this level – it only makes us stronger.
Have you been surprised by the challenges mounted by the likes of Charlton and Tottenham this year?
I think the big surprise is Wigan. Tottenham and Charlton have done really well, but Wigan look tremendous. Nobody expected much of them, but they have a very good side. De Zeeuw and Henchoz at the back, Roberts and Camara in attack – they have a good, strong core to their team.
There has been a lot of talk this season about boring football and attendances dropping as a result of the ‘Chelsea factor’. Do you feel an added pressure to try and entertain?
We have to play to win football matches. We’re not here to be globetrotters. Of course United has always been an attack-minded club and that’s what we want to achieve. At home especially we want to improve and the entertainment factor will return if we can do that.
Last month Chelsea, this time a tasty game against Arsenal – do you relish the big matches like these?
Oh yeah but there’s also the FA Cup and our last Champions League group stage match in Europe away to Benfica – theses are all good games to play and an opportunity for us to show we’re a good, good football side. There’s everything to play for.
Like the Champions League…will we qualify and if so, can we mount a better challenge this time?
I think we should. When you want to improve you have to learn from previous years. We have a difficult group, but we have five points and so a result against Villarreal should be enough. Then it’s up to us to do well in the knockout stages.
We always get through the group stages and we need to improve when it comes to the knockout phase. We’ve lost in a semi-final, the quarter-finals and last year the last 16, so we need to use our experiences to have a big chance this time.
Have any teams impressed you in the competition so far this season?
Look at Juventus, their team looks very impressive, they’ve only lost one games in the league. Barcelona have had a difficult start in Spain but will always be a good footballing side, Inter look very good too. And us, of course. We are always under pressure and there’s a constant expectation top win, which is what we want. But the reality is that we have been playing with young players and they need time, but at Manchester United we do not have time! The likes of Bardsley, O’Shea, Ronaldo, Smith, Park and Rooney – that’s several players below the age of 25.
What would you like to achieve this year?
This is a new season for all of us, with a big challenge in both the Premiership and the Champions League, a World Cup waiting, what more could you want?
Since the departure of Seba and Becks, have you felt the spotlight on you a lot more this season?
I think a little bit more, yes, but nothing major and it’s not a big difference compared to the years before. There are loads of other players who get lots of attention like Keano and Rio, so in that sense, I don’t feel uncomfortable with it.
Do you ever feel like you are under constant scrutiny?
I never read about myself in the paper so that helps, and Carrington is a very nice and private place for the team. You can train hard and enjoy the atmosphere among the players and staff. At PSV every training session was open for the public and the press so it was a bit busy, but here we have all the privacy we need.
It’s good at home as well. I don’t have people coming to my house or anything like that, and I’m free to go into Manchester to go shopping or to a movie or concert without any fuss.
You must get recognised though?
Yes, but not in a way that is impossible to deal with. You get some attention and you sign a few autographs and have a few pictures taken, but it’s not as though I can’t move. That’s what is really good about playing here.
When you go back home to Geffen, are you able to live the same low-key life?
It’s good to go back because they know me from when I was little. For them it’s not a big shock when they see me, they’re just happy to see me again.
Your dad attributes your success to your mental strength?
I think so, yes. I was quite a late developer so from the age of 18 to 20 I was playing for Den Bosch in the Dutch first division. It wasn’t easy playing for such a small team. The club almost went bankrupt and I was playing in front of 1,500 fans every Saturday, and that’s only seven years ago.
When I was 21, I went to Heerenveen who were in the Premier division, and that’s where my career really took off and I got my move to PSV Eindhoven. But I never got selected for the national youth teams until I made the Under 21s either, so I’ve always had to work and work and work to prove myself.
Did people tell you you weren’t going to make it?
Sure. They said it was impossible, but I just wanted it so badly. I now play for Holland and I’ve played for United for three seasons, so I’m proud of the work I put in, as well as the support I got from my parents who told me to always believe in my dreams.
Your parents made sure you completed your education though?
My mother always said that I had to finish my education just in case I didn’t make it. For those three years with Den Bosch, I studied as well. In the mornings I went to school until two or three o’clock. After that, I went to the training ground and then home to study. It was the same routine every single day. Trying to balance both things was probably the hardest test I’ve ever had.
Your not lacking in confidence, but equally it seems you don’t take anything for granted…
I played for a small team and we never won games easily. We always had to give everything to get a result and that has had an influence on me as a player. I had to believe in myself all the time because there were loads of moments when I could have thought ‘Well it’s never going to work’.
Some coaches had their doubts about me, but if they put me on the bench on the Saturday, I thought ‘I’ll prove that you were wrong in the next training session, and then every session after that until you play me’. I just didn’t except failure.
Now you’ve got it, are you comfortable with fame and fortune?
Yes, because I always wanted it. Besides, it didn’t happen overnight. It was more step-by-step, so I got used to it. I moved from a first division team to a bigger team in PSV, then I got my call-up from the national team, and then the transfer to United, so it all developed gradually. I’m ok with the press and public attention. It’s part of being a United player. You make headlines, positive and negative, and you just get on with it.
You clearly get a lot of support from your family, but in true, honest ‘Dutch style’, are they also your harshest critics?
Oh yes, definitely. Part of our Dutch culture is being direct. My father is very direct. He says ‘Well played’, or ‘You were crap today!’ [Laughs] It’s funny in a way, but that’s honesty, and I think it’s the best way.
I don’t suppose such a tough mentality leaves much room for superstitions?
Maybe, my superstition is that I’m not superstitious! I just prepare myself in the best possible way.
How different is the Ruud sitting in front of me, from the player who runs down the players’ tunnel at Old Trafford?
Completely different! When I’m sitting here, I’m much more easy-going, but out on the pitch, I’m not the same person at all.
Going down the players’ tunnel at Old Trafford is always special, I don’t think I will ever get used to it. I think that’s why my goal scoring record at home is so good – there is something about the place that gets me every time.
How about running down the tunnel as the away team?
Being booed is part of the game, and compared to Holland, it’s nothing! If I went to Feyenoord or Ajax, they would shout that they want me to catch the worst disease imaginable, or sing about your mother or wife. You don’t get that here, fans give you stick, obviously, but at least they appreciate the football.
How quickly do you get over a match?
If it’s a really bad defeat, it will take me a couple of days, the same as a fantastic win. Eventually that feeling goes because there is always another game waiting. Whether it went well or it didn’t, the next game is round the corner. It’s a new game and new chance to perform again.
Even though you weren’t playing, the expression on your face showed how much our FA Cup semi-final triumph meant to you…
It did. There was such a togetherness about us that game. Although I was only watching it, I felt such a strong part of this club. I was proud to be a part of this team because we really showed who we were that day. The fans were fantastic and that’s why my expression after the game was so emotional. Everybody was there: Rio, Quinton on his crutches, and Tim. We were all so glad and our celebration said it all. Every single player and every single fan was just so happy that we had done it.
The danger now is people thinking the final is a forgone conclusion…
That will happen because we are the favourites, there is no doubt about it, but it’s the way we handle the game that will be important. Out attitude is that we have to show respect to Millwall because they’ve done so well to reach the final, and have a great fighting spirit. It will be tough because they will be up for it, and like us, they will give everything.
What has been the worst defeat you have dealt with this season?
Porto at home was bad. Everybody was fighting so hard to keep that result, so to lose it in the last minute was such a big blow. When you are knocked out like that, it hurts like hell, but we couldn’t blame anyone. We gave everything we had and we’ve enjoyed doing this to teams ourselves many times before. You have to give and take in football. I think the best teams and best players are capable of doing that. Hopefully, we can take something from this experience that will make us better players.
We’ve been tagged a ‘team in transition’ this year. Do you agree with this label?
I think so. We’ve got some new, young players coming in, we’re building a new team, and you can’t expect miracles straight away. But there is still a big group of players who have been here a long time, and others who have now been here for two or three years.
So have we underachieved?
At the beginning of January we were top of the league and we were doing really well, but we had a bad spell that took a bit too long to get out of. If you take that out our season, it has been ok. We had some bad results and after that we picked it up, but there are still league games left so let’s see how that goes.
How do you rate your overall performance this season?
It’s not finished yet. I hope I can bring a lot more to coming games, but so far it’s hard to say. My general level of play has been consistent, so I’m quite happy. Twenty-six goals is ok but I hope to get a few more before the end of the season.
As the season has progressed, you appear to be enjoying the service from Ronaldo more and more…
If you join this club, they will help you and tell you what they expect. You have to improve and I think Ronaldo has done that. You can see the difference from when he arrived, and now he’s far more effective. For his age, his ability is incredible, but you just have to guide him a little bit in the right direction. He picks things up really well and I think he has a great future at this club.
You’ve now got a strike partner in Louis Saha, but it must take some getting used to? On occasions, aren’t you thinking ‘That was my ball’?
[Laughs] No, he’s a left-footed player, I’m right-footed, so we don’t run in the same spaces, we’re opposites. We compliment each other well. The Gaffer knew who to bring in, he saw that it could work out between us, and I think in the games we have played together, it already has.
Fans will be hoping you’ll have the same impact that Yorke and Cole did in ’99…
In my first season, I had a great partnership with Ole as well. People didn’t tend to talk about that so much, but I think we scored 60 goals together, and that was the second highest goal tally in the history of this club. I’m sure I read that in your magazine! It was a great partnership. Hopefully, Louis and me can be the same.
Do you tire of comparisons between yourself and Henry?
It’s fine. It makes an interesting debate for the papers, but that’s it.
Our matches against Arsenal and Chelsea have also proved that for all young players we have fielded this year, there’s little to separate the sides…
That’s true, and the positive thing is that in time, we can only improve. We were very near to reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, and we’re still not sure where we’ll finish in the league. So it’s not that bad.
You’ve signed another contract that takes you to 30th June 2008. What are your aims?
To keep producing the same performances and the same amount of goals that I have been scoring over the past three years. That will be hard, it will need a lot of work, but that’s part of it.
Think you might actually score from outside the box between now and then?
[Smiles] Yes! It will come. I’ve scored them before. It will come!
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