The Outlook programme focused on individuals caught up in the media spotlight.

Appiah's career has taken him around some of Europe's top clubs

Stephen Appiah, the captain of the Ghanaian football team, has played professionally for Juventus in Italy and now Fenerbahce in Turkey. His success means that press photographers follow him everywhere.

In Turkey I'm finding it difficult - very, very difficult.

Even going to the city centre, I'm always scared. I'm not doing anything bad, but at times it's too much. Wherever you go, there's a camera.

At times, you go out and you don't even see any cameras. But the following day you see yourself on the television or in the newspapers.

In Ghana, we are free. You go out, and there are no media behind you. But in Europe, it is something different.

I feel that of course they're invading my privacy - but it's their job. You can't say that they shouldn't follow you or they should stop taking your photo or videoing.

The most important thing is that when you go out, you have to compose yourself. When you compose yourself, you're free.

They will snap you and they will say: "Oh yes, he was having fun, blah, blah, blah." But when you're doing naughty things, they will go against you.

Being 'naughty'

I love it when I'm on television. I love it, because it's cool.

But I would be sad if, let's say, I was being naughty somewhere, or doing something that's not good - then if I saw myself in the media, I would be sad, because that's not me.

You see a lot of things in the newspapers and not even a single word is true. But what can you do?

Sometimes I read a newspaper or hear a story on the radio or on the internet about me, and I don't even know where it came from, because I don't know who gave out that story.

You see a lot of things in the newspapers and not even a single word is true. But what can you do? You can't go there to fight with them.

When I go to London and come back, they always say, "Oh, he went to see West Ham; he wants to leave."

And when I go to Italy to see my family: "Oh, we saw him; we heard that he was with this girl."

So I think at times you have to be strong, because those kinds of things destroy a player.