RTÉ was ‘slow to sign up’ soccer pundit Giles
In a new documentary on his life story, Giles spent three decades as the face of Irish soccer on the national broadcaster but the hugely popular pundit said the station had to be persuaded to make him part of their famous panel because of his reserved persona as a soccer manager.
“I had a reputation about not saying anything about anything. My main thing as a manager was to protect my player, the people at RTÉ thought there was no point in getting John on because he is not going to say anything.
