Peering across at his enviable collection of medals and trophies, a mischievous grin breaks out across the face of Fabrizio Ravanelli.
We are discussing the market value of strikers in a summer when Romelu Lukaku has joined Manchester United for £75million and Alvaro Morata’s transfer to Chelsea may also pass the £70m mark.
He says: ‘I don’t want to be pretentious, but I scored 34 goals for Juventus in the 1995-96 season and then 31 the next season with Middlesbrough. Nowadays, I’d score 60 goals a season, 50 for sure.
‘Once upon a time, it was difficult to score a goal.