to one irish broadcaster brian de salvo has a soft spot for the russians and away from the training sessions he revealed why on a stroll other reality. he's an actor who's directed television commercials and is also known as football pundit business all the brunt to solve a hasn't done however if that wasn't enough he also has an interest in all things russian and especially about the current state of football in the country and very nice to meet you can you just tell me a bit about how you got interested in russian football i used to be a theatre director one day i got a phone from a producer loved it he said it's a project you might like to read i've heard about this project people thought a project would want to be on so if you go thank you very much he said hang on a minute i'm told where the premier is and he said moscow i said council of us compensation when do i get on the plane so i got got five trips to moscow in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine with absolutely fascinating and of course i was able to foresee most of history in the russian close season but i was able to see the