Mile Jedinak

“When you spend five years somewhere, and go through pretty much everything you can with a football club, it was special.”

“But if you can't relish playing in big games like this then it's not worth it.”

“You give your all to the task and hopefully that's enough but sometimes things get taken out of your hands and one way or another you have to accept it and get on with it and focus on the task at hand.”

“I want to thank all the clubs I represented for allowing me the opportunity to do so.”

“Maybe it's genetics, I've been lucky enough to grow some facial hair. A bit of oil here and there and a trim up, but there's not a lot to it.”

“If you understand the magnitude of how big a football club Aston Villa is, there's a lot to be excited about.”

“As a young boy growing up it was my dream to play for Australia and to pull on the famous green and gold shirt to represent my country. To have been given the opportunity to not only fulfil that dream, but to have done it 79 times, and many of which as captain, makes me incredibly proud and thankful.”