Sit with her and recall the day when you had gone on your first date, celebrated your first Valentine's Day and had to lie to someone to meet each other.

"For each mile you run, a light goes on from the back of the trainer to the front so that when you pass someone running, they know you're faster and have gone further," the designer says.

With Xabi gone, someone will have to step into the first team - thus leaving a space open on the bench for the impish (and very, very expensive) Irishman.