This week’s guest is the BBC’s South American football correspondent Tim Vickery.
We talk to Tim about how and why he ended up in Brazil, and why the idea of Graham Taylor convinced him he had to start writing about football.
We talk about the biggest personalities and stories he has covered in his time in South America, and why Jair Bolsonaro may never have come to power had it not been for the swell of protests that took place around the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup.
Tim also frankly shares his disappointment in Ronaldinho having campaigned for Bolsonaro along with his fears for the country’s future.
Plus: why Lionel Messi won’t be returning to Argentina, and the lessons all writers have to learn from John Coltrane.
Tim’s picks were:
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