John Barnes

There is in terms of money.

There's in terms of fame, prestige, the way you're seen.

But you win together, you lose together.

Mo Salah can't win and the sub lose.

You all win together.

Or if he loses, he loses.

So I've always felt an affiliation with normal people.

And when I came up north, north of Birmingham, and it happened to be Liverpool, I'm sure Manchester would have been the same.

I like the people.

They're down-to-earth, just normal people.

And you can't walk around with errors and graces.

You can't walk around and pretend you're something that you're not more important.

That's why I've always said that it takes a special character to play for Liverpool.

If you look at Liverpool, when they're a great team with...

Sammy Lee and all these players, they're not the best in the world.

They're not playing for England, but they're the best in the world because it's about a family and a togetherness as a community as well.

So that is why I remember I was walking around town and I just played for Newcastle.

I'd just retired, and I'm walking through by Bull Street, and this young kid, he had a pint of lager.

He was only 15, not even 15.

He's drinking a pint in town, and I'm walking by, and he goes, Barnsy, Barnsy.