Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.

I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.

I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.

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