I'm Ross Barkley and I've got to create a better version of the player I am and show what I can do, not try to be like someone else. That's part of what I hope I can achieve here, to make people aware of who I am as a player and show everyone what I can do.

It was a big decision to leave Everton and it took me a lot of time to think over.

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

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

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.

We all go through difficult spells.

Everton means the world to me.

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

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.

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 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.

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.

Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.

Compared to when I was 18, 19 or 20, I would say my diet is the big difference. It is much better.

Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.

I was very young when I got my tattoos. I was 16 when I got my full sleeve - I rushed into it.

I achieved my dream of playing for Everton, from a young age I always dreamed of scoring for Everton.

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.

I believe in my ability and I believe that through hard work things will pay off and be good for me.

I am obsessed with improving.

Hopefully I will continue to thrive.

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.

I believe I can hit the 20 goals a season mark.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.