What were you thinking a couple of weeks ago about where you might or might not be come August?



I was looking at it saying the transfer window closes earlier this summer, and it is people finding their feet, people finding their feet in the transfer window as well as during pre-season and seeing what players they needed. I think between now and the start of the season, it is going to be a lot of people running around and, not panicking, but doing a lot of catch-up work. I think people are trying to get to grips with their own squads before making the calls so I was just waiting for a call, and this was one of the first ones that came along and after that, there wasn’t going to be any other that I was going to take. So it has been a fantastic couple of days.



What are you expecting now in terms of your role here?



With my experience and knowing the Premier League and knowing Chelsea as an opponent, it is to help in any shape or form that the manager and the coaches see fit. My experience is something that I have used over the last couple of years with the younger squads that I have been in. Obviously this squad has experience itself, and my role is to help in any shape or form that I can to support the keepers and to learn of them. I am still learning at my age and maybe the younger guys can discuss things and learn off me, and in that regards I can help. If I can keep on improving then so be it. The day you want to stop improving is the day you finish and I have not finished yet, I want to carry on improving.

