Jean-Luc Vasseur smiles, takes a sip of his espresso then asks if we are here to speak about the weather or Covid.
The Everton women boss was forced to isolate when he was contacted by the Government’s track and trace system at the start of the month. Vasseur tested negative and is fully vaccinated. But because he received his two doses in France not the UK, he was subject to mandatory quarantine.
‘The terrible part is that in my apartment my windows don’t open to the maximum. We don’t have much fresh air, so I was in prison!