You're going to. The excellence of John Collins ability in his career was perfectly

emblemised by his pretty dramatic move from Celtic to Monaco in

1996 where he'd play alongside a couple of relatively promising youngsters

named Terry Henry and David Tresege. Whatever happened to them?

I went down to Monte Carlo and La Turbe, the training ground to interview John 20 years ago and saw

what I thought were many remarkable things of the Monaco sporting culture.

In this big interview, John explains, for example, why it was that those two young French

internationalists were asked to carry the kid hamper into the dressing room at most away games during that season just before they won the World Cup so dramatically with their country.

During his own time in French football

John underwent something with technical and tactical revolution and found

that that was well within his capability, well within his locker. But his

marginal gains approach to self-improvement had started way back in his teens, and he explains it.

How else would a skinny kid from Galah Shields get the opportunity to line up alongside George Best in only his second professional game.

He tells a wonderful story about how he simply couldn't believe that was going to happen.

John still has strong opinions with which I fully agree about the development of young footballers.

Here we talk about Jean Tignana, Rugby, John Stones, sweeperkeepers and their use, their meaning in the modern game,

plus of course that iconic cheeky wink to camera before Scotland Brazil,

the opening game of the 1998 World Cup in France.

Did you think it was to you?

He'll tell you why it wasn't.

This is a player who was ahead of his time in many ways during his own career

and sadly because the game has slipped backwards.

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