GINOLA TO UNDERGO SWEEPING CHANGES
The 33-year-old mercurial Frenchman announces his strange plans from torturing defenders to becoming one himself, in his autobiography, titled 'Le Magnifique'.
Ginola, who joined Aston Villa from Tottenham in the summer, is adamant that his appetite for the game is as strong as ever and he wants to stay in the game as long as possible.
"I am not fed up with football and I honestly believe I will never ever be fed up with football," said Ginola. "I am still very passionate and very ambitious, and if, as I am sure I will, I feel like this when I am 35, I shall want the opportunity to carry on until I am unable to perform on the pitch.
"My father played football until he was 38 and that could be my target as well-I would certainly like to try. "The day I retire, I know I will not make any attempt at a comeback, so I want to play to the limit because football is my life.
"Other players speak to me now and say: 'David, you can go on much longer because you will make a great play-maker in the middle of the pitch, with your quick feet, vision and skill'. So maybe I will even play as a sweeper."
Ginola would not be the first skilful attacking player in English football to move to sweeper with both Glenn Hoddle and Ruud Gullit performing in that role before retiring.
If Ginola does decide to play on into his late 30s then the former Newcastle United winger feels he will need an understanding manager in charge of him, like his current boss John Gregory.
"If I am still playing beyond the age of 35, I will need a manager who understands me, one who will let me decide what is good for my body.
"So if I want to finish training before the rest of the players and go in for a massage, he will know it is because I have pushed my body far enough and I need to recover, not because I want to go home early.
"A sensible manager will be able to get the best out of me," added Ginola.
