Dejan Lovren

I made the wrong decision many times. Sometimes I can accept it, sometimes not because football is like that. But in the end it depends on yourself and whether you are ready to move on or not.

I remember my dad took my ice skates. One day I asked my mum: ‘Where are my ice skates?' because I loved to skate in the winter. And she said through tears: ‘Dad is selling them now… we don't have money for this week.'

My mum was working in Walmart for €350 per month, about £280. My father was working as a house painter. We had a difficult situation with money."

If my little girl wants a toy or something, sometimes I say, ‘I don't have the money'. It's quite difficult to understand why I'm saying that, but she needs to understand that nothing comes easy."

Without being arrogant, I think I have proved I am one of the best defenders in the world.

Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I'd just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?

I enjoy playing against big, top strikers.

I feel relief after the transfer window is closed. I got tired of reading and listening every day about me leaving or staying at Liverpool. Everyone wrote 'Dejan is here, Dejan is there,' and they knew nothing!

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

I love playing against England.

I am giving my best to have a quiet life but sometimes it doesn't depend on myself because people just want to come into my home and steal some things, even though I have nothing in my home.

People look at football, they don't look at what is going on around the life.