Yannick Bolasie is explaining the benefits of having a ‘speed mechanic’ when the fastest player at Everton decides to tell a story about the fastest man on earth.
Usain Bolt is one of the many figures to whom Bolasie looks in his constant quest to develop an edge but it turns out the man, who has spent almost his whole life in first place, has to play second fiddle when he steps onto a five-a-side court.
‘I’ve played football with him,’ says Bolasie, dropping that sentence in the middle of an answer about whether he studies Olympic sprinters to hone his technique and what benefits he gains from seeing a personal trainer twice a week.