Jamie Carragher

I was an Evertonian as a kid, but I've never hated Man United. I've always had respect for them.

If I'm reading a book by a footballer I don't want to read about games, how he scored or played well. People want to read what you thought, not what happened.

It's all about winning trophies really.

There's one thing I've never seen in a paper. Jamie Carragher linked with this or that club.

We have all come to agree the modern players cannot be one-trick ponies, and we are especially critical of those who do not consistently produce in the biggest games.

Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?

There is so much I admire about Buffon. His longevity is remarkable, his loyalty to Juventus impeccable.

Real Madrid is such an extraordinary club in terms of size and the constant politics that, perhaps, the best results are achieved by those with an ability to remove themselves from the spotlight to concentrate on their work.

It is embarrassing that a player would give up his career and the chance to compete for the biggest prizes in the game just for money.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

The only way the confidence comes back is by winning games. You grind out a few results and hopefully with each game you get more confident.

I've never blown my own trumpet over my ability but it took an awful lot to stop me getting on the pitch.

Everyone's different with different ways of doing things.

Well, when I wasn't playing with a football I used to play with 'Star Wars' figures as a kid. Hanging out with Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker is how I passed the time when I wasn't kicking a ball around.

Players like people saying good things about them and, of course, no one is ever wrong when they do that, but they always are when they say bad stuff.

Learning to be a Liverpool player comes with experience.

Would I - or any defender - tell the referee to give a penalty if I made a foul in the box but it was deemed a fair tackle? No chance.

I've been in the position where Liverpool needed to win on the last day to reach the Champions League. In May 2000, we needed to beat Bradford, who were fighting to avoid relegation, at Valley Parade but lost an awful game 1-0.

In the past, you would have been classed as a sweeper if you were put in the middle of a three-man defence.

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a spell when they won nothing for four years and failed to get beyond the Champions League's last 16.