“I didn’t ask before the first game of the season against Hungary as I didn’t want be too eager and in his face straightaway. I just wanted to settle down, keep myself to myself, work hard in training and see what the performances were like – and then go up and talk to him. You want to wait for the right time. You don’t want to play bad and then ask the manager why you didn’t go because he’ll just say, 'Well that’s why’.