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Growing up: Did you always want to be a footballer?

"To be honest, when I was little I was just happy to play football. It wasn't until I was 15 or 16 I realised I wanted to be a footballer and I had to leave Marseille when I was 17 to achieve it because at the time they were a big team with big stars. I moved to a team called Beauvais, near Paris, and then went to Toulon before coming to England."

English football: Did you follow it as a boy growing up in France?

"Marseille is nearer to Italy than England and I was more interested in Italian football and Spanish football. I did look for Liverpool results at the time because people were talking about Liverpool, but Italian football was the big thing then. Though my hero was Michel Platini."

On the banks of the Mersey: You mention Liverpool, didn't you start your career in England on Merseyside?

"I went for a trial at Tranmere for two weeks in 1998. I got a contract at the end of it and I have played in England ever since and I have really enjoyed it. I have had a good relationship with the fans - most of them anyway - and I have enjoyed it everywhere I have been."

Rival: Who's the best player you have come up against?

"George Weah or David Ginola. They were both top players, really intelligent and very difficult to mark."

Green isle: You have international honours for Cape Verde Islands don't you?

"Yes, I played one game. I qualified because my parents are from there. It was a good experience but to go there and play for the national team was a long, long trip and it was impossible for me to focus on it as I was playing for Grimsby at the time."

Evergreen: You're 37 now, how long do you think you can carry on playing?

"I would love to stay at Farsley next year, though it is up to the club and the manager. Steve Torpey is 37 as well and if you look after yourself, I don't see why you can't carry on for longer. I would like to stay for a couple of years and help the club stay at a high level which would be a good achievement."

Superstitions: Have you got any pre-match habits?

"I have got quite a few, but I can't say what they are because the guys will read it and take the Mickey. They don't know them yet, they will pick up on them eventually, but I am not going to tell them what they are."

Spirit: What's it like in the Celtic dressing room?

"It's a very good dressing room. The lads are always joking and it is good to have an atmosphere like that. I do think we have the quality in the side to stay up and the atmosphere in the dressing room is a bonus."

Ammers: How do you rate your regular centre-back partner Amjad Iqbal?

"He is a good player with good qualities. He likes to play football and he likes to bring the ball forward. We do have good communication at the back and that's what you need. If you communicate on the pitch I'm sure you can do a good job and that's what's been happening. If we can carry on like that it will be perfect."

Number one: Who is the best manager you have worked under?

"I would say Joe Royle at Ipswich. His knowledge of football, with his past at Everton and Manchester City, is very good. And when I went to QPR Ian Holloway was good - and funny. He could come out with some jokes before a game to chill you out if you were nervous. He was also very positive about football."

Transfer: How did your move to Farsley come about?

"I played against Farsley for Alfreton in the FA Trophy. Downsey used to play with me at Grimsby and we had a chat after the game. He said the manager might be interested in signing me, he might give me a call. John Deacey did give me a call, I had a chat with him and then the chairman, and I accepted the challenge. "

Over the top: Your Sheffield United career ended after you were sent off in the abandoned "battle of Bramall Lane" in March 2002, when United finished with six men against West Brom. Do you think you were treated harshly?

"I wasn't happy how they treated me at all – I think I was one of the scapegoats in it. I was unlucky how it finished. I got sent off and then the fight started. The club and manager said I started it but I wasn't even on the pitch - I was already in the dressing room. They didn't treat me how they should do but that's in the past now. I moved on to Ipswich and QPR and Brighton and every time I came back to Sheffield United it was nice to see everybody. I'm happy to be playing in Yorkshire again now."

Sporting alternative: What would you be if you weren't a footballer?

"I love tennis. When I go back home in the summer I enjoy the sun, I have a jog and I play tennis. I'm okay, I'm not Federer, but I enjoy it. And if I was not a footballer I would have wanted to be a tennis player, visiting the world. I would have to say I think I would have been good enough to take up tennis because I am quite a positive guy. I'm a winner."