Kia Joorabchian

And Sir Alex knew exactly how to get the best out of most and every one of his players.

And he did manage to get the best out of Carlos.

And I think...

Saying that he was distracted, I don't think that Carlos was distracted.

Carlos, towards the end of the season, when he scored that goal, ran over to the touchline.

You remember that famous moment when he put his hands to his ears?

He wasn't distracted.

He was very focused.

In fact, more than anything, I think he was trying harder and harder to prove to Sir Alex that he's going to make a mistake by not signing him.

But when the deadline passed and Sir Alex didn't sign him and we arrived at Rome for the Champions League final,

I think that was the moment that broke into Carlos when he was benched on the Champions League final and then he came on as a sub and you guys ultimately ended up losing that.

That was what broke his back.

But I don't think that it's fair to say that his entire second season he was down tooling and not professional and on the treatment table.

Carlos missed three games to injury.

Carlos hated the treatment table.

There are famous...

moments where Carlos had had massive fights with doctors because he refused.

Jose Mourinho saw a game of Carlos in São Paulo in 2005 when Carlos had an ankle three times the size and the doctors wrote him a letter saying, if you go on this pitch, you could potentially end your entire career.

Carlos is not a guy that sits on the treatment table.

Carlos is not a guy that has never been unprofessional or down-tooling.