Tyrone Mings

Coming out of a club and going into a new one is never easy.

I think I missed out on so many good experiences - maybe priceless experiences - playing with my friends when I was growing up.

I’ve been in a lot of unfavourable situations growing up, so I know what it’s like to need help."

So being unable to play for so long isn’t where you want to be as a footballer. And if you are not playing for long periods of time, your career is only going to go one way."

There have been times in my football career where I've thought: 'Is this it? Is this as far as I'm going to go?'

As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep the ball out of the net. If you do that and let the strikers get all the adulation and the headlines, then you’re probably doing your job."

I can’t say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

I think if you’re not conceding so many goals, it gives you a great platform to win games."

John Terry is a fantastic centre-back - a centre-back that a lot of people would put in their all-time Premier League XI.

Kids will never go under the radar any more because there are so many scouts at grassroots level. Also, if you come out of a professional academy, it’s a very lonely place for a child and some kids don’t bounce back from it."

If we have poor coaches, that’s a reflection of me and a reflection of what we think we can give to the kids."

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I’m just Tyrone from Chippenham.