It has been three great years; good moments, bad moments, like football is. I'm really proud of the decision I made. Newcastle is home.

Going back to your country and playing for a big team and being able to enjoy playing La Liga would be a good thing for my career.

I believe in career cycles and when one is close to ending you start to plan things. It's the moment for a change.

Being in Newcastle is a very different way of life to Tenerife. The climate is very different but the city itself is beautiful and I love being here.

My number one focus is and will always be football. I wanted to make sure that companies I partner with not only respect that, but also make sense and are quality products. I think Klipsch is synonymous with quality in the sound industry, so it was a natural partnership.

The reality is that family is on the cards in the future. But you know in motorsport if you take yourself off to have children, you won't come back, partly as you're quickly forgotten in this sport.

People ask me all the time now, what's the most memorable moment of your career? It's always the championships. The first goal, the 50th - it doesn't matter. It's always the championships.

I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who are accused of doing bad things away from the game. Then each league would retain its independence in determining what penalties their players should get for infractions committed within the sport.