A broad smile spreads across Sergio Aguero's face as he stares down on the pitch where he has created moments of history in the sky blue of Manchester City.
Beyond the window lies the damp murk of an autumn afternoon in the north. But what soon becomes clear is that the boy from Buenos Aires feels very much at home here.
Aguero lights up a bustling room high in the stands at Etihad Stadium. A difficult defeat the night before is put to one side. He is polite, charming, warm and open. A young man who, as his friends testify, has never forgotten where he has come from. A man who approaches football, as he does his wider life, with total commitment.
The surroundings are a far cry from the crowded dirt pitch in the in Los Eucaliptos district of Buenos Aires where he first kicked a football. But for now, this is home.
"I am so happy here," he says. "I find life so calm, very different to when I played in Spain. The only things I miss from home are my son, my family and my friends."
Aguero's little boy has accompanied him today. Five-year-old Benjamin Aguero, the grandson of Diego Maradona and the godson of Lionel Messi, plays on the floor near his father's feet, transfixed by a Remembrance Day poppy. The Manchester City striker is here today to discuss his new book - Born to Rise - which charts his journey from the streets of Argentina to footballing superstardom in Europe.