It is difficult to know where one should start with this Roy Keane interview from the RTÉ archives.
Is it the fact that it's taking place on the now almost forgotten Kenny Live? Or perhaps its Keane's Tetris-esque tie; replete with a yellow love-heart and peace symbol? What about the Corkman's incredibly high voice, or the fact that Pat Kenny somehow looks the exact same almost 25 years on?
Filmed shortly after Ireland had booked their place in the 1994 World Cup, a 22-year-old Keane was already an established member of Jack Charlton's side.
Feeling part of 'one big family' in the Irish set-up, Keane's attitude toward his teammates is infectious.
Having also signed for Manchester United for a record-transfer fee only a few months prior, Keane's star was in it's sharpest ascendancy.
Covering some of the early highlights from his club and international career, there is always something wonderfully awkward when Pat Kenny starts talking sport.
Offhandedly warning Keane about the sad fate of George Best, while recalling word for word a disturbing sectarian chant from Ireland's recent World Cup qualifier in Belfast, the whole interview runs along lines scarcely compromised by political correctness.
Not to suggest that it is anything other than a fascinating insight into the day-to-day of an incredibly articulate, interesting young professional footballer.
The same, inimitable Roy Keane that most of Ireland would come to know him from this point onward, even as far back as 1993, his blunt assessments and simple pleasures were constant.
In a later reflection on this time, Keane would discuss his associated tag as something of a hell-raiser with Daniel Taylor. Conceding that had their been camera phones in those days, he'd 'be doing time' now, elements of this seep through his and Kenny's conversation.
Perhaps it is the prevalence of his and Kenny's references to pubs and pints that is, in fact, the most dated aspect of this interview - the former being the only place Keane seems to be when his professional commitments temporarily cease.
Yet, for all that, it is a fascinating piece of material that endears Keane as both the player and person in possession of certain characteristics that would carry him a long way beyond the line of 'making it' by 1993.
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