Ross Barkley

When you first come back from a long-term injury, you're just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.

I'd like Everton to be known as the better team in Liverpool.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

It was hard for me to leave because Everton were my boyhood club. I supported them from when I was a young kid.

Everybody develops at different rates.

I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.

With each individual, everybody takes instructions in a different way.

I know how important it is to take different tactics from different managers on board.

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.

Everton means the world to me.

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.

Compared to when I was 18, 19 or 20, I would say my diet is the big difference. It is much better.