One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not care if they move clubs for one million, 10 million, or 100 million Euros. That is just something a player leaves to his agent and the clubs.

Madrid is Madrid. There's nothing more to say. It's the biggest team in the world.

You can be lucky for a few years, but in the end, your defects will emerge. The reality is different. People are watching you, and those who know how to play will progress, while those who don't will remain in the lower levels.

Thanks to Conte, I got the urge of coaching, and I thank him for that.

Do I regret leaving Milan? I decided I needed a change. I needed to find new ideas, and that was the best thing for both parties.

Surely it was the best decision of my career to sign for Juventus.

To get onto the Maracana pitch is the dream of every child.

In football, like in life, there are always millimetres which can change things - the course of a goal or of a life.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.

When I was a kid, I'd take a small foam ball and try to get my shot over the couch so it would finish in the corner of the window.