KIERAN TRIPPIER

I am not a fan of being under water.

When I was playing week-in week-out, I was playing 46 games a season, and there's nothing better than playing every week.

I always thought I could get back to the Premier League, and thankfully, I did that with Burnley.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

You know when you've had a bad game.

Spain are certainly one of the best teams in the world.

My brother is brutally honest with me - he always has been - and he's the first one I text after games. He has a nice chat with me and tells me how I did. He's one I've always looked up to, and I'll always respect him for that.

I want to stay in England.

As full-backs, we like to get high and wide. It's the style of football that I enjoy playing.

In football, things happen so quickly.

I got let go at City, but I always believed I could play at the top level.

You never know what could happen. Someone could get injured early in the game, so everyone knows they have to be ready. Anyone can come on at any stage in the game and make the difference.

Me and Steve Eyre, the coach at Manchester City, used to stay behind for ages after more or less every session.

Playing at Wembley wasn't easy.

I was still going out when I was younger - drinking - and I wasn't looking after myself properly.

My dad was a tree surgeon. When I was younger, he was working away five days a week for weeks on end, just trying to get as much money.

I wouldn't be were I am now without my parents.

At Burnley, I'd enjoy myself with my missus and friends, but because at Tottenham we're playing Saturday-Tuesday, even Wednesday-Sunday, and with the intensity we play at, playing in the Champions League, we can't afford to have a night out.

Whenever I get a chance, I want to do well for the other players, the staff, and, of course, the fans.

All I can do is keep doing the best I can, and every opportunity I get, I'll try to put balls in like David Beckham.

At Tottenham, we are just bombing on as wing-backs, but sometimes on the international stage, where there is so much quality, you need to be more careful about the distance between yourself and the right-sided centre-half.

Coming back to Tottenham, you feel confident with these players and the manager - the way he talks to you and wants you to play.

Obviously, when I was playing in the Championship, I always dreamed about playing for England, putting on the jersey.

If someone makes contact with you, it is a foul, and you are going to go down.

Everybody knows what Harry Kane is all about; he's a goalscorer, a great professional.