Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has a newborn granddaughter. He also has four daughters. And a wife. So what is it like at home this Christmas?
‘Emotional!’ he booms. ‘Lots of shouting, lots of ups and downs.’
And that’s just you, yes?
‘No, no, no… I’m staying out of it. I just walk out the door. I sit on the fence.’
It will be one of the few times Hasselbaink has risked splinters. Granddad Jimmy he may now be, but the former Leeds, Chelsea and Holland striker isn’t for mellowing just yet, not at 48.