When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I was very young.

I've got a good understanding with Tiemoue Bakayoko.

I haven't played a lot as a centre-back, but in those games, I feel like I did well.

It's not easy to replace the best centre-back in the world.

I guess as you get older you sort of see the mechanics, even with the best comedians. There's admiration for people I admire, but it's not guttural laughter. It's a wry 'Oh, well done, sir.' But I sort of miss that slightly; I miss the raw joy of comedy I used to get.

Everyone needs resilience. It's a virtue essential to growth and essential to happiness.

Personally, it's a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a box of ethnic immigrant writing in America.

There are days when my heart is troubled, and just being in the Lord's presence and thinking about His love for me fills my heart with inexplicable peace and joy.