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I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.