To shoot Rio I was given a small table in the corner of his restaurant.  

For those of you who don't know anything about football:  Rio is not a chef!  

For you football fans that didn't know: Rio has an italian restaurant in Manchester.  

 Footballers have got a bad reputation for being arrogant and I suppose that when I was given the job to shoot Rio I expected exactly that.  However, Rio was a real nice guy.  Ok - he didn't hang around to teach me how to do tricks with a ball, but we had a decent conversation whilst shooting at least.

The restaurant was an up-class Italian restaurant that one can only imagine bursting by the seams whenever a Manchester is playing a home game.  Oh - and the food was pretty good too.

 The Center back for Manchester United has amassed 81 caps for England and has been a member of three FIFA World Cup squads.  He is now one of the best known players in the country as we've watched him grow as a footballer and man since his first appearance for a senior team in 1996.