I'm just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It's a kind of marriage of people who like each other.

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques.

If he isn't named Footballer of the Year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to the Kremlin.

No one was asked to do more than anyone else...we were a team. We shared the ball, we shared the game, we shared the worries.