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I Don't Know What I'd Have Become If I Hadn't Been A Footballer; I Wrote Down 'dustbin Man' On A Careers Questionnaire At School Till My Dad Made Me Change It To 'joiner'.

Basically, A Manager Is A Father Figure To 20 Or 25 Blokes. It's About Trying To Get The Best Out Of Them And Creating Team Spirit.

There Is Another Side To Me Which People Don't Often See, But It's Very Hard For Me To Show That. When I Do Interviews, I'm Talking To People I Don't Know And When You Speak To A Stranger You Don't Open Up, Do You? In My Position, People Are Always Looking For Something To Say About Me. And Anything I Do Say, Given Half-a-chance They'll Turn It Round Into Something Spectacular So I've Got To Be Very Careful. That's Why It's Only My Friends And Family Who Know The Real Me. Now My Wife, Lainya, She Could Tell You A Few Stories.

I've Got A Great Life That I Really Enjoy. But There Is Something Chewing At Me Inside: That Adrenaline Rush From Football, I Miss That.

I've Turned Down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus And Manchester United To Play Here. I Hope Everyone Already Knows How Much It Means To Me To Play For Newcastle United.