What do I think of Jose? Where do you start?

Agree with him or not, our man inside the game would pay to listen to Mourinho.

I found out very quickly after my retirement from the game that giving interviews was still expected of me. For whatever reason, be it genuine interest, nostalgia or revelling in my slow demise as a human being, people wanted to hear what I had to say about football.

In delivering my pearls of wisdom, however, I’ve made an important distinction. There is a fundamental difference between being interviewed and ‘giving a talk’. One is worth nothing and the other is worth about £750 depending on which club is paying me.