We have to improve at club level - and at the international level, there is a lot of room for improvement.

You can take a bit of criticism from your manager now and then, but you have to react to it which I have done.

It was hard for me to leave because Everton were my boyhood club. I supported them from when I was a young kid.

You can never stop learning in football and I'm always trying to take little things on board that other players do.

I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn't really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.

You play football to enjoy the game and the manager wants to be happy on the sidelines watching unbelievable football.

My first tattoo was when I was 14. I was a bit young, like. I was a big lad so they didn't question my age at the time.

Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.

Chelsea is a massive club, you aim to win the Premier League or are challenging for trophies with the aim to win everything.

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.

In my living room I always used to tell my mum 'one day I'll score for Everton' and when that happened it was unbelievable for me.

When you get your chance, you just have to be ready and believe that chances will come, that you are going to step forward and produce.

I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.

I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.

It was when I came back from Leeds that things started to change. I went from being a kid to having to man up and going into a man's game.

I'm a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I'm free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.

I feel I'm a player who entertains and gets people on the edge of their seats, as well as trying to be a game-changer who can win a game for the team.

I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I was in the first-team squad at 16.

When you first come back from a long-term injury, you're just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.

My approach to games is much better and I am going into games with the right preparation and I am more relaxed, rather than thinking about things too much.

When you go through the youth system you're always going in to do analysis work, looking at every way of improving and your coaches are always on top of you.

I'm the type of player who takes risks, so every now and then I'm going to give the ball away. I just have to learn not to do it in silly areas of the pitch.

I played a lot of games at a young age and I feel like I'm an older player in the side now. I communicate a lot more on the pitch and in the training room now.

I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I'm doing right in training I'm doing to show in games as well.

Mum used to have my sister to look after, so I had to make my own way to training. I would get a bus to town and another one to Netherton. It would take about an hour.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

As a young lad it's been your dream to play football and you get injuries and you've got to respond well to them and work really hard, because it's your dream to be on the pitch.

When I was younger I just used to get the ball and take on all the players because I was bigger and stronger. You cannot do that in the Premier League. You are playing against men.

I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.

When I broke into the Everton side under Roberto Martinez, I was playing in the No. 10 role, and I had never played there before, so I was getting used to that role as a first-team player.

I have got a lot of confidence in my ability now, and I feel like I am going in the right direction and this shows in my performances on the pitch. As a person I feel a lot more confident.

Each individual has their own pre-match ritual and pick off the menu. But I usually have a bit of pesto - either spaghetti or penne. On game-day I'll add a bit of meat to it and maybe some greens.

I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.

My mum has always kept my feet on the ground and told me that if I carry on working hard it will pay off. I used to say 'If I play for Everton one day' and she would always say 'No, when you play for Everton.'

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.

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