Most football fans have a story or two about running into a footballer at a random place.
Perhaps youve seen your teams star number nine queuing up at the petrol station, the midfield hard-man walking his dog or your all-time favourite goalkeeper getting his haircut.
Sometimes, if youre really lucky, youll see a player or manager on holiday. And in radio presenter Johny Vaughans case, you can wrangle them into babysitting duties.
Johnny Vaughan on his bizarre Rafa Benitez meeting
The former Big Breakfast presenter picks up the story, after FourFourTwo asked him the strangest place hes ever met a player or manager.
Rafa Benitez on holiday in Sardinia, Vaughan replies. He was Liverpool manager and it was the end of the season, so he kept shuffling off into the bushes with his phone.
I heard him trying to sign Gareth Barry. Our daughters became really friendly and my son is called Raf.
They wanted to go down to the beach, and Rafa said hed take them. My ex-wife later asked where our daughter Tabitha was and I said she was on the beach.
She goes, Well, whos looking after her? to which I said, Raf. She screamed, Hes three years old!
Then I explained it was Rafa Benitez and they were in great hands. Rafa was on the phone, but hes telling the girls to get out of the water and gesturing with his two hands as if he was on the touchline at Anfield.
So there you have it - not only is Rafa Benitez a La Liga and Champions League winner, but hes also a safe pair of hands when it comes to childcare.
Johnnys podcast, Bloomin Legends, is available to listen to on Global Player and all major podcast platforms now
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