Ronan Mullen

I want to get to Damien.

We should talk about Rio another day.

I don't find him an interesting or compelling personality at all.

Like, there's a car crash element to what's going on at the moment that I like sort of watching from time to time.

What do you mean by compelling, though?

I don't think he's very interesting or thoughtful.

I seem to see him hanging out in tunnels a lot, just stalking players.

They come over to him.

He seems to whisper gushing praise into their ear and they sort of slightly standoffishly nod their thanks.

You know, listen, as a media mogul, this is not the tangent I wanted to go down.

As a media mogul, what he's doing is very impressive.

I just hate the way he talks about the game.

Like, you know, to use the great example of when the Champions League final is on and Vinicius Jr.

is doing his thing.

That his mind goes to Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d'Or.

What are you talking about?

The Ballon d'Or is the least important aspect of this in the eyes of football fans.