Ivan Perišić sat down without being asked. At 11 o'clock in that corridor he had stood up straight for 4 minutes.
"In Italy they would not have said it to me."
"In Italy they would have known and told you in April 2021 when it went."
"Yes." He said it flat. "Yes, that is what they would have done."
Tk. Somebody went past that door and did not come in.
"Mister Walsh, I am 29 years old and I have just found out I have got a bad leg."
"You have got an old injury on a good leg and a fitness coach who has found it 4 years before anybody else would have."
"And she will stop me playing."
"She will stop you playing about 8 times a year and you will hate every one of them and so will I." I had my hands flat on that desk. "And you will be 33 and still playing, and the men you are 29 with will not be."
He looked at the wall for a bit.
"Where do I sign."
Scritch.
He signed at 14 minutes past 2.
