Wearing a pair of white chinos that wouldn't have looked out of place at Wembley in 1996, Bart Verbruggen shows off his keepy-ups while in the background a video plays of him discussing just how comfortable he is with the ball at his feet.
The 20-year-old sounds like a perfect fit for the style of play at his new club, but then that is exactly what you would expect from a club that makes very few wrong moves in the transfer market.
After a summer in which he has been an in-demand young goalkeeper, Verbruggen has signed for Brighton for £16.3million. Listening to him discuss his style of play, you can see why Manchester United were interested as well, as were Burnley.
Verbruggen will compete with Jason Steele next season at the Amex Stadium and it won't be long before he is Brighton's No.1. United have had to look elsewhere with their own succession plan in goal in tatters, but regretting the ones that got away is even more painful when they sign for Brighton.
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United toyed with the idea of trying to sign Moises Caicedo from the Seagulls this summer, two-and-a-half years after deciding against competing with them for his signature for £4million. Caicedo is now worth 20 times that and it's easy to imagine Verbruggen, who has already been called up to the Netherlands squad, being similarly in demand in two or three years' time.
He certainly sounds like a very modern goalkeeper and in his first interview with club media, he spoke about just how much he likes the ball at his feet. Given the risks Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton take when playing out from the back, it's a good job he sounds like a thrill-seeker of a goalkeeper.
"Maybe I even enjoy that more than saving the ball sometimes. I've always felt quite comfortable with the ball at my feet and I like to play out from the back. It's a perfect fit," said Verbruggen.
Asked why he had signed for Brighton in a summer when he's been in demand, he said: "The club is amazing, the people here are amazing, maybe most of all I liked the way they played last season, with the manager and the players they have. I think it's a good fit, that's why I decided to come here."
De Zerbi was equally enthusiastic about the match between player and team. "I am very pleased to have signed Bart. He is used to playing a type of football similar to ours and he will have no problem fitting into our group.
"He has the potential to become a very important player for the club in the coming years."
For United, Verbruggen might have been a perfect project. A young goalkeeper to come in and challenge David de Gea, with a view to succeeding him in a year or two. But goalkeeping plans at Old Trafford are in disarray.
United are in the unenviable position of having made all their goalkeepers pretty unhappy this summer. De Gea has now left the club, but could re-sign if face-to-face talks produce an outcome both parties can accept. It's now clear that Erik ten Hag doesn't view him as a long-term No.1, however.
That's not a status Ten Hag is likely to confer on Dean Henderson either. Henderson has returned to pre-season training at Carrington but would have joined Nottingham Forest by now if his parent club had their ducks in a row. That might still happen, but it will require confirmation of a goalkeeping plan of action at United first.
Henderson is still recovering from a groin injury so for now Ten Hag's No.1 is 37-year-old Tom Heaton. United took the one-year option on his contract last month, but he wanted the chance to talk to other clubs about playing more first-team football. Premier League new boys Luton Town and Championship Hull City were interested.
Heaton is in line to start the first friendly of the summer next Wednesday, against Leeds United in Oslo, but like his colleagues in that department, he hasn't been dealt a fair hand by the club. The decision to pick on-loan Jack Butland - who had already agreed to sign for Rangers - ahead of Heaton, a former academy graduate who has been a key dressing room cog this season, on the bench for the FA Cup rankled some.
So never mind coming up with a succession plan for their goalkeepers, United don't currently have a plan for their goalkeepers next month. They liked the look of Verbruggen but couldn't pursue him when the chances are it is a No.1 they require, not a No.2 who can be ready in a year or so.
That means a different profile of player has been pursued, with interest in Inter Milan's Andre Onana and Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow.
Maybe United will eventually get it right this summer and begin the season with the goalkeeper that Ten Hag wants, but nobody would be surprised if envious glances are being cast towards the Amex again in a year or two.
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