Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.

C. C. He is currently registered for the non-League club Wembley F.

In his club playing career he scored 20 goals from 403 club appearances. His return to Chelsea in 1997 in a £5 million transfer made him the most expensive defender in English football.