Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.
In Holland you go into amateur teams, come up through the ranks and are generally spotted for senior or professional football. At 16, I had made it into a men's amateur team, and was picked up professionally from there.
I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I was in the first-team squad at 16.
I've played for England Under-21s, in the Under-20 World Cup and I've been part of the play-offs in the Championship. But in terms of helping my career and getting me ready, going to Cheltenham Town was a massive experience.
I've been playing for England at every single youth team level, so it's like a natural progression into the seniors, and I'm obviously delighted with my progress.
I had a breakthrough in my football life. Now I switch to the left. I make goals. I pass. I am evolving.
International football is one clog further up the football ladder
I started in League One and went up into the Championship and then into the Premier League, so I've played a lot of games from quite a young age.
I'm trying to evolve with how football is going.
You don't want to have a good couple of years, come through the Championship, have a good first year in the Premier League and then not play in the Premier League for another year or so because that is a backward step.
I played United's reserves for a few years and I wanted to take that next step, which was a loan move.
