On the edge of Darling Harbour, a new waterfront precinct called Barangaroo has sprung up in the last decade, transformed from a disused container terminal into a gleaming hub of top of the range hotels and fine restaurants.
Mark Bosnich is sitting on the patio of one of them, enthusing about the regeneration of this part of his home city. Regeneration and renewal, in fact, are themes he keeps returning to, especially when he starts to talk about Manchester United.