Daniel McConnell

He also strikes me, he has no ego.

There's not an ego at large here.

I don't get a sense that there's an ego at large.

He wants to do his job.

Having come and done...

you know, a pretty senior job in the English FA.

And again, I think one of the most compelling parts or one of the compelling statements he said, you know, he has worked across Europe.

He knows what good in football looks like.

We're a bit off that here, but he, I think, is probably a good man to bring us to it.

Very good.

Here now is our interview with David Crell of the FAI and we'll be back for the post-match analysis afterwards.

Stay tuned.

David Crell, you're very welcome to the Business Post podcast.

Thank you very much.

It's a pleasure to be here.

My first question is an easy one.

We won't go for the juggler just yet.

What in God's name were you doing getting involved with the FAI, given everything that has gone on before?

Was there any hesitation given?

Because, I mean, it's not just the John Delaney era, which, you know, engulfed the FAI in terms of that feeling that it was a bit of an amateuristic type organisation.