dovetail with each other really well.

It is a simple process and should ensure that I'm back playing for Newcastle before the end of the season.

There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.

I said that my ideal situation was to start the season in the Real Madrid first team and if not I would prefer to return to Liverpool,

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.