People were saying, 'He's worth £32m? He tried a back-heel and fell over!' Even I laughed. In my head, I said, 'OK, you've seen the bad side, now come see the good side'.

I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.

It is always good to be on the scoresheet.

I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.

When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.

I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.

I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.

Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.

I'd played some very good games, at Manchester United, at Tottenham Hotspur, but they'd lacked a goal. There've been times when I could have scored myself, but I've played a pass to a team-mate instead.

I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.

Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.

When the game is finished, it's completely finished. I'm with my kids. Sometimes people say to me, 'Oh, did you see the game?' and I say, 'No, I didn't see the game'. I watch if my friends are playing or my brothers. But not always.

It's true that I'm even better than I could have imagined, both in football and in my private life!

I am at one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league. And in my private life, everything is also going very well. At 25, I feel in the right place.

In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.

A couple of games, I played up front when Diego Costa was not there. We know to create movement - not even to get the ball, but create space for others. Now I understand football is not always with the ball at my feet.

For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good.

Kante is a good player. For me, it is good because he speaks French. We know he is a fantastic player; he runs a lot and works for the team.

I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.

I knew that Chelsea was a club that changed its manager reasonably often.

I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not.

I love to set up my teammates. I am not here to be a star, to show off. I am here to play for the others, but if I have to try and clinch a game, then I will.

People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

The Belgian fans expect a lot of me in the Belgium team. It is normal - they don't forget that I cost Euros 40m. I totally understand.

I want to work with the best coaches in the world.

It is hard to say no to PSG - as with all teams capable of winning the Champions League, There is always uncertainty in football.

I ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season.

I'm not in search of records like some other players. If I can score between 15 and 20 goals each season, I will be very happy.

I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.

Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

I've always been clear - I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It's a big team but an inferior league. I don't want to return to France, because I've won everything over there - the league title, cup, best player, best young player.

I don't want to say PSG is a step backwards, but It would be returning to something I already know. I'm always in for new challenges. When I will leave Chelsea one day, it would be to discover something new.

Deep down, I never wanted to see Mourinho fired. We experienced some very beautiful things together in 2015.

When I was back to 100 per cent fitness, I was able to show what I was capable of. I like to think I will bring a freshness into the Euros, and now that I am captain, I am going to do my best to take responsibility.

The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.

You want to win the games, to win trophies.

If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.

I don't need to speak about N'Golo; everyone knows about him. He's everywhere. I think, sometimes when I'm on the pitch, I see him twice. One on the left, one on the right. I think I'm playing with twins!

I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.

You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.

The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

I am happy with my form; I just need to score a couple of goals. I want the ball. I want to create something.

I didn't want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixth in the league.

I'm not saying I like to be kicked, but it's good for me to feel I am in the game. Definitely. A motivation.

I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes.

I try to play like I did when I was a young boy playing in my garden. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good, but I try to always make sure I give my best to help the team, even if I am not having the best game myself.