Nice to have you here, @Robert E. I will definitely read your novel about Charles with great interest. I'm Juve through and through, but because of my father who is a Leeds supporter, Leeds is the team I root for in England. Been to Elland Road a few times in my life, and I also spoke to John Charles on the phone briefly when I was a very young boy (around 8-9). My pops and some other Leeds fans were getting $#@!faced at Peter Lorimer's pub in Leeds ("The Commercial"), where John Charles spent a lot of time in the 90s getting hammered himself. They struck up a conversation with Charles and at some point dad called home to enthusiastically talk about it, and Charles for whatever reason ended up on the phone to say hello to me. I can't remember what he said, I just remember that he sounded really weird

Obviously drunk, haha. Turned into quite a drinker in his later years, did Charles, as did so many players of his generation, sadly. But what a man, what a role model, and what a player. The "link" between Leeds and Juve that made it acceptable in my household for me to support another team than Leeds