Your CV lists you as a former midfielder and central defender. So, which was it?
Defender, but I was fortunate to be able to play in a few positions. At certain points in my career, clubs knew that they could rely on me to fill in across a variety of positions, and I always took that as a compliment.
Some consider versatility to be a handicap; a barrier to holding down one role…
That does happen. Jamie Carragher springs to my mind. Until he stated that he wanted to play at centre-half, he was switched from right-back to left-back and all sorts of roles. For me, I never got many chances to play at centre-back when I was at Liverpool, and when we played three at the back it suited me to play as a sweeper because
