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When I left Arsenal I never said I didn't like England. I was very young and my problems were all in my head.
In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.
All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.
I have been impressed by Carlo Ancelotti, Kevin Keegan, Arsene Wenger, Guus Hiddink, Christoph Daum and Sam Allardyce.
Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I'm ashamed of the transfer!
The one thing I can tell you is that I can't stand the English press, who cause me enormous problems on a personal level.
In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.
I don't care about wages or fees, I just want to improve my football, which is a side to me that the fans aren't aware of.
When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.
I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.
It seems that Gerard Houllier did not appreciate my personality. It bothers him to have someone around who could stand up to him.
Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.
For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.
When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.
If one day I have to go to war, straight away right next to me, on the front line, I would put Patrice Evra. And there aren't many that I would put there.
Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try to be fresh when you come on the pitch.
I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In Manchester I can walk down Deansgate and not be troubled.
I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.
I have been obsessed with the local cultures during my previous trips to the likes of Korea Republic, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese Hong Kong and Macau.
A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education is good and you work hard and do everything the best way, then why not?
I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by the same principles - being righteous, having values.
When I was playing for Chelsea and Arsenal, we had a young team but also experienced players. You still have space for the youngsters to play, they just have to be strong mentally to compete every week.
Why didn't I stay at Liverpool after having achieved what I wanted to do: to play, score, and of course to relaunch my career? I cannot answer that. It is better to put the question to Gerard Houllier because I really wanted to stay.
In football there are lots of origins, cultures, religions and no one feels left out. We all play together and we are all friends. Supporters see that and feel part of the same family, especially in England where you feel very welcome.
With hindsight, if you want to play for Real Madrid, sacrifices need to be made but I was too young to understand. There are things I shouldn't have said or done. It was early in my career, maybe too early. I didn't know it was the only Champions League I'd win, for example.
I used to fast during Ramadan because I admired the people fasting around me. What made me convert was that I had that certainty that Islam was for me. I felt this relationship with God, and that enlightened my life. I had that conviction in my heart that that was my religion.