Joleon Lescott

Great.

Yeah, it was hard at the start, I'm not going to lie.

I didn't kind of retire as early as I would have hoped.

I wanted one more season.

I was mentally prepared for it after that season, but the options weren't great, to be fair, going into that season.

So I kind of took it upon myself with advice from friends and family that it was probably the right time.

Yeah, doing some media stuff, doing various bits and pieces to be fair and enjoying all the aspects of it.

But going back to that stage and that part of my life, I kind of underestimated how important the routine was as a player, speaking to all players now that are coming towards the end, I think.

We just assume it's the same.

Everyone else's lives around you continue as it has.

And we've got used to being told where to be, what time to be there and what to do.

And then when that stops, it's OK for a summer, four weeks.

It never stops.

Yeah, well, yeah, in that sense.

But in terms of the work side of things, I was kind of underestimated how used to that I was.

People say that.

I didn't miss that as much.

Not in a bad way, but I've got a lot of friends that I grew up with.

They didn't like you anyway.

I still get messages from them that say the same things.