Ireland and Switzerland are two teams who play good football,

I categorically deny sending any such text message. It’s simply not true.

He is a great player,

Those who believed we could score four goals against them were wrong. All the teams have improved and they all want to beat France. It’s difficult every time now.

The ties that I have here were too strong to break.

I’m really confident about this season as we have a great squad here, with great team spirit and fantastic talent. I really believe we’ll go from strength to strength.

France are not at their best at the moment,

I would never play in England in another shirt other than Arsenal’s.

They will try to intimidate us and the more one-on-one physical duels that we can win the better it will be for us.

I don’t think we’re overrated, … But we can play better, that is for sure. We must do so to win the Euro.

The two yellows were very severe. What was important was the three points.

Naturally, I’m delighted to have scored but the most important thing was that we won, … We played the perfect match, controlling the result from start to finish.

We can win everything, we have a complete team and all the players are at a good level.

The two yellows were very severe, … What was important was the three points.

It’s his bad knee so we will see how he is in the morning.

But beyond that I’ll be thinking only of winning.

I expect a warm welcome.

We’re still hungry for the title.

who plays a lot on intimidation but he’s come to the wrong address with me because I’m like him on that level.

When you play for a team for nine years you can’t not be emotional. I enjoyed many good moments in that stadium. I expect to get a warm welcome from the fans.

He’s not totally wrong but on the other hand it’s easy to say negative things from the outside.

A worry? No, it is about ourselves,

They are a side who have improved a lot recently. They have a couple of good players who are capable of making a difference.

I have talked about that in the past. I am here to talk about the game.

He is simply exceptional. He is always there at exceptional moments.

I don’t think the other teams are better than us. We have to look at ourselves and try to improve. The only way we can do that is to work harder and harder. I am...

Blackburn started really quite well but we responded and proved how strong we are. Robin came on and scored two fantastic goals.

I am 100 percent fit.

Thierry likes to drop very deep and then make his runs,

It is a big disappointment for me to miss those games in what is a very important week for the club,

I guess I am more like a vice-captain now,

I am 100 per cent fit.

David is more central, he moves less and it is easier to pick him out.

I know that maybe I wasn’t at my best over the last two years but each time my form has dipped I’ve been capable of pulling myself back up again, … The biggest difference I’ve...

because there is no other Vieira.

It is exciting because Keane is someone I really respect. He is one of the best players in his position so it should be a nice One v One.

It’s normal that people expect more from the French team,