[Beckenham. Monday 23 July 2018. 11:55.]
Tim Krul walked into that building at 5 to 12 with a bag over his shoulder, and shook hands with Sarah, and asked her name, and then used it twice in the next 3 minutes.
30 years old. 184 games for Newcastle. 5 appearances in a whole season at Brighton and every one of them in a cup.
He signed a 2-year deal in my office at half past 1 and the first thing he said to me after he put the pen down was not about himself.
"Who is the number 1?"
"Nick Pope is the number 1."
"Good." He capped my pen and handed it back. "Then I will make him better, and I will be ready in November when he pulls something. Because he will. They all do."
[TIM KRUL. LEADERSHIP 15. DETERMINATION 16.]
Michael Steele took him out to pitch 3 at 2 o'clock and I watched from the office window for 20 minutes.
Steele said 9 words the entire time. I counted them, because I always count them.
