Turns out we had it wrong all this time: it is pronounced ‘Ib-air’. Tony, we now know, is short for Antoine.
And as we are finding out, fidelité is in even shorter supply than first thought. Pity those lonely hearts of one-club men. They are mourning the loss of one of their own this week.
Who knew that, all along, Tony Hibbert was just waiting for a crack at the French 10th tier?
Hibbert (right) spent his entire professional career with Everton making 328 appearances
Forget Old Trafford and Goodison, it was the hallowed turf of Courlay and Saint-Leger-de-Montbrun that tugged at his heart.