When David O’Leary goes to church on Sunday, Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa is also part of the congregation. Later, should he call by his favourite restaurant or wine store, he often runs into England’s Gareth Southgate.
Prayer and alcohol, now there is a survival guide to management. Is it any wonder O’Leary has been enjoying a quiet life in rural North Yorkshire for the past decade?
He does appear in the new film Finding Jack Charlton — he famously scored the penalty to take Republic of Ireland to the quarter-finals of Italia 90 — and the premise for his afternoon with Sportsmail, we suggest, could well be Finding David O’Leary.