00:00I suppose our connection goes back a long way when I was a young coach at Chelsea my mother was
00:11at a Chelsea game against Manchester United and she wanted to meet Ronaldo, that was her favourite player at the
00:20time even though I was working for Chelsea and I spoke to Cristiano after the game if he could say
00:26hello to my mum and he did
00:30and my mum is no longer with me, she passed away back in 2010 but when he met her that
00:39day it meant everything to me and of course it meant everything to her so he spent time with her,
00:47he had a photograph, he spoke really lovely words to her and that always stayed with me and our connection
00:56from that moment obviously in the various clubs that I have worked
00:59and that he has played in has always remained strong so he's a guy who's done amazing things in his
01:08career, he is probably the reason why so many people are out here in Saudi Arabia from Europe and around
01:16the world working
01:20but I will never forget that moment because that was a moment that was really special for my mother at
01:25that time and obviously for me and I have never forgotten that
01:30Do you know which year was that?
01:33Oh that would have been maybe around about I was at Chelsea between 2004 and 2008 so it might have,
01:43it was somewhere in that period when he was at Manchester United so I don't know exactly the year but
01:52it was after a game out on the touchline and
01:57She was a Man United fan?
01:59No no she was a football fan, at that time I was a young coach making my way in the
02:07game and obviously I was at Chelsea and working with fantastic players but at that time Cristiano was an emerging
02:14talent, a big name and she loved her football, my mum and she clearly knew what a good player was
02:22as well.
02:26I don't know if that person knew what she wanted.
02:26And as a big game, if you came out, I'll be off with the game.
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