There's a picture in my grandparents' house of me making my debut in the Champions League, standing beside Jose Mourinho. They loved him because he gave me that moment. He gave me that initial opportunity, so he will always be a hero of mine. I'll be forever grateful for everything that he did for me.
I remember that when I first started training with the first team, I got into an argument with a couple of the senior players over the way a small-sided game was going. Ashley Young was one of them and, trust me, he can handle himself. I was only 17 or 18 at the time, but I wasn't happy that our team was losing and maybe I went too far. Jose pulled me aside and said, You can't speak to the senior professionals like that.
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