earlier, i spoke to the sports broadcaster, jonty sargeant, who was friends with him.end, we just ended up talking rubbish. and he was more interested in my life and what i did for a living, and we became friends just off the back of that. and that was who he was as a person. he was infectious, so happy. you will never, ever find a person who would say a bad word about matija. you would spend time with him at the training ground and he would always have a smile on his face. he was so proud of everything that he had achieved. he was so proud to represent his nation. he actually made me book my holiday to montenegro this summer, we were only talking last week about the best places that i should go and all these recommendations, people to see. so just absolutely gutted. i can't put it into any more words. you wouldn't spend a bad moment in matija's company. he was always laughing, always funny, always humorous, always kind and inquisitive. like i say, he was always interested in what other people had to say. he wouldn't necessarily fit the mould of a normalfootballer. i k