He's said it before but whenever Aaron Ramsey wants to talk about a criminally underrated Irish midfielder being his ultimate sporting hero, we're more than willing to listen.
Despite blossoming in Arsenal's midfield and developing an uncanny knack for knowing when to score so as to predict the death of a much loved celebrity (not including Bin Laden and Gaddafi), Ramsey is still a Cardiff boy at heart and he certainly hasn't forgotten his roots.
The Arsenal midfielder was on the criminally overrated A League Of Their Own last night and shortly after John Prescott made an appearance for some slightly bizarre reason, James Corden got around to putting some fairly inane questions to Ramsey.
However, he quickly got around to the sporting hero section and we knew exactly what was coming. Corden set it up beautifully - 'Maradona, Zidane, Messi, who did you idolise?'
The silver fox that is Graham Kavanagh of course. (Continued below)
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Looking like a drill sergeant whose hair you could set your watch to, Kavanagh became an ever dependable midfield general at Stoke (before it was cool) and then moved to Cardiff to become a hero to the kids of south Wales.
It's fair to say Cardiff fans were loving it.
James Corden asked Aaron Ramsey who his idol was growing up on a league of their own and replied 'As a Cardiff fan it was Graham Kavanagh
— Cardiff City Fans (@CardiffCityCCFC) January 21, 2016
Aaron Ramsey on League of their own, saying that Graham Kavanagh was his boyhood hero, class. #Bluebird #Heroes
— Tom Tweedy (@TomTweedy1) January 21, 2016
Unfortunately for Ramsey he didn't manage to emulate his idol with regard to the tough tackling style of play that earned him a slightly underwhelming sixteen caps for Ireland between 1998 and 2006, Nonetheless, the Arsenal midfielder has done alright for himself and he'll continue to have our undying respect as long as he keeps extolling the virtues of Graham Kavanagh to the uneducated masses.
