No journalist likes to be scooped on a big interview, especially when your own cowardice is the main thing that stopped you landing the exclusive in the first place.

For the past five years or more I've been banging on to anyone who'd listen about wanting to get David Platt on the podcast, alas, while I've spent half a decade failing to pluck up the courage to contact him, Villa's presenting duo of Alan McInally and Kate Tracey beat me to it.

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