Welcome to the big interview bite size. I'm Graham Hunter and in each episode you'll

hear an elite footballer tell a story that's guaranteed to brighten your day.

All of them will come from my podcast, The Big Interview with Graham Hunter, which you can find

by searching on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

In normal circumstances, I'd say that football's a capricious business. And the tales of moves that don't happen, or very often nearly happen,

are as captivating as the deals that do eventually go through.

Jody Morris's exit from Chelsea was a saga. He eventually ended up at Leeds,

but only after failed deals to team up with Graham Soon as and Harry Redlap.

When you look at your moment with the contract offer and not staying, do you wish you'd

been stubborn and said, now I'm going to tough it out here, tells you even though I feel

a little bit disrespected.

What do you say that, you know, because I look at you now and I watch, you know, your career

subsequent.

You've obviously had a happy, successful playing career except that given your ability you probably

should have run a midfield for England probably should have been sitting here

with X many yearsyears at Chelsea.

How do you view it with respect?

No, I'm the first one to say, be fair, I should have done a lot of my career.

I don't, I hold no bones about it.

I should have done miles more.

I made mistakes off the pitch.

I made mistakes when talking about

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