With the recording of Question of Sport just one hour away, a man worth more than most Second Division football stadiums walks through the door.
Nobody stirs, in fact, nobody even notices.
With Aston Villa and Sunderland deadlocked on television, he plonks himself down on the settee next to me and asks me who I want to win. Instantly, I feel guilty. I was shaking like a leaf after reading Peter Risdale's comments about the Dutch international. Now he was making conversation with me like he had been my best mate for years. But, for the moment, Chelsea is the last thing weighing on the free-scoring centre forward's mind.