With my two brothers, Jean-Marie and Joel, I wrote a two-page story and wanted to make some kind of movie. We met a French production company, called Why Not?, and the first name we put on the list was Ken Loach. It was a dream for all of us. So, we tried and we met Ken and Paul Laverty, his writer, and they read the two pages and were inspired by that to do something. Paul had the freedom to do his own story - and he wrote his own story, which is better than the one we'd written.

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.

I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.

Become a legend? But I am already.

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.