I sat down with Gilbert Agius, Valletta’s eternal number 7 and Malta’s most decorated footballer, whose journey from a boy in the capital to the island’s all-time great has been nothing short of legendary. He revealed what it was like to carry his nation with 120 caps, the loyalty and sacrifice behind 769 appearances for one club, and the hidden cost of staying true when others would have walked away. Gilbert goes unfiltered on the state of football today, why fans are abandoning the game, and the struggles Maltese football continues to face. He breaks down the pressure that shaped his career, the silence behind the glory, and his transition into coaching, from winning titles with Valletta, to leading Malta’s U21s, to the chaos and culture shock of Indonesia with PSIS Semarang.