I've never met John but know , as everyone knows and TB knows - given he said it to him at the Villa game , - none of us would be here if it wasn't for his and (others) effort back in the day.
How he or they might feel that you want to describe his chat over pies in the boardroom puts him or...
Bit insulting to even bring FIFA and Qatar into the conversation and then suggest that @attila of all people would write a "positive fluff piece" - it wasn't that anyway - on the strength of a few mini piglets pies and some nice words from Bloom.