As Emma Hayes holds court in the World’s End Pub in Camden Town, it is as if she had never left these shores or indeed English football.
‘Thankfully it still smells of fart and feet,’ Hayes says about the place she spent many a night - and morning - during her youth.
Her press conference is taking place in The Underworld, the music venue in the basement of the World’s End, which has played host to a range of rock, heavy metal and alternative bands such as Foo Fighters and Radiohead.
It is a fitting venue for a manager that is like no other.