I want England to do well. I want us to go to World Cups and win. If I'm not in the best eleven or the best squad, so be it. I'll support whoever's involved all the way through.
No one is guaranteed their place in the squad.
The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.
I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.
What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.
Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true
Winning the title in my first season at City was a dream come true, but the downside was not being selected for Spain's World Cup squad.
That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
I believe my chances of making the World Cup squad will improve if I join City. My exposure would be better because Brazil is biased towards the Ukrainian league.
When you make your final list for the World Cup or European Championship you don't take the 23 best players, that is for sure.
I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.
When I joined Sale I thought that if I did well there I would have a chance of making the World Cup squad. What I did not expect was how quickly I got back into the frame.
At a club like Liverpool, it is normal there is going to be competition for every single place.
I am not obsessed, but it is natural that doing well for PSG is the only way I can push back into the squad.
Whenever you name a team and whenever you pick a squad, that is when you have to make the most difficult calls. To tell a player, 'I'm not selecting you, and these are the reasons why...' it's tough.
It is not always easy for a young player to come through at the club level, because all the clubs are able to buy for 20 million or 30 million and it is hard for young English talent to come through and to get recognition and be able to be part of the squad or start playing.
I am determined to play for Arsenal and be in the squad of Unai Emery.
At least six Bayern players, who have won almost everything, are in the national squad.
If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.
I want to widen the pool. In the past, England players have maybe had the comfort of knowing what the next squad is going to be before it's announced, but I'd like there to be more uncertainty. More competition for places means the standard goes up.
In the first season with Sarri I only played six games as a starter.
