I played a couple of times in midfield in the build-up to the Championship,

This was very important. From now on, every game has to be played like it's a championship. Every game. ... It feels good to get back on the winning track.

It's all agreed. There are just a few things left to sort out. Most of them are already sorted out, it's just the legal technicalities.

I saw Sven-Goran Eriksson when he came to the training ground last week and he spoke to myself and Ashley Cole. He knows I am fine and all I need now is a couple of games under my belt.

It's been a long time,

We've got to play the game of our lives, really, to win.