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I said, ‘You’re doing more than fine. The training wheels have come off. It’s time for you to ride.’

"But I found the weight would just not come off. It was demoralising," he said.

The 68-year-old said he has been working on the idea "for years and years" and said if it was to come off it will be a "big television drama".

"If we come off it at any time they can turn on that French flair. We are not going to let them play and if we starve them of the ball they can’t play."

"I'd been planning this for a while and, right at the last minute, I didn't think this was going to come off. It's put a real shine on the day."