From a distance of 1,700km and more than six years, Morgan Schneiderlin admonishes his younger, more impetuous self.
Schneiderlin is 'mad with myself' for retreating into his shell at Manchester United, the club he joined in summer 2015 from Southampton. Equally, the Frenchman rues the rashness of a decision to leave Old Trafford after only 18 months.
A career he describes as 'a rollercoaster, not a stable life', has taken him to Western Sydney Wanderers, via Everton and parent club OGC Nice, after Schneiderlin began the calendar year searching for a challenge that would 'give me goosebumps'.