Nicky

We weren't even qualified, as I said.

Because we finished runners-up to Arsenal, and back then we had to qualify.

Oh my God, I was, I mean...

We were on a really, really big high for the World Cup.

We'd done really well, played well.

Knocked out.

But Brazil was kind of one of those games where you don't realise how good you are until the game's over and you should have won.

And then you get told you're coming back tomorrow and you're thinking, OK, pre-season and you're playing Christophe Paz away.

I'm like this.

My head's...

And I was just thinking, I can't do this anymore.

I really can't do this.

So I spoke to the gaffer.

I spoke to the chairman.

I said, I'll play this one season.

Because I had three more years left in my contract.

I said, I can't be doing this.

And I know now, and this, I think this needs to be said because it's kind of when you get so far away from playing football and with maturity and thinking about what you could have done, I should have spoken to him.

I should have said, you know, I want to play every Premier League game.

But, you know, the League Cup, you can play with Raymond, for instance, or now and again, maybe just not play him in the game.