You reach sometimes when you're at the lowest and times when you don't know if you are going to play again or when the next injection or operation might be. There are sometimes when you are at rock bottom. That's when you need people around you, at the club, the fans, little tweets on social media to give you some reassurance.

It's a good thing isn't it, having competition? I enjoy it.

I feel I have experienced pretty much everything I can in football, winning, losing, the injury side and all the set-backs.

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