JJ Watt and Burnley boss Vincent Kompany enjoy the promotion party (Picture: Getty Images)

JJ Watt is kind of a big deal in American Football. A three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and five-time All-Pro, the recently retired 34-year-old is a first-ballot Hall of Famer who helped raise almost £30million for victims of Hurricane Harvey when he played for the Houston Texans.

If that last sentence means little or nothing to you then you probably feel the same as the majority of the punters in Burnley?s Royal Dyche pub on Monday when Watt wandered in for a pint of Guinness ahead of the Clarets? season-ending win over Cardiff. At 6ft 5in, he probably only caused a stir when he blocked the view of the telly.

Watt and his wife, Kealia, have bought a minority stake in the Premier League new boys and explained his trip to a boozer or three in an appearance on the BBC Breakfast sofa this week.
?I did a pub crawl yesterday on my way to the stadium so I started at the Royal Dyche, worked my way down to Vintage Clarets and all my way up to Turf Moor,? he said.

?Just getting to know the supporters, I want to earn their trust by showing them how much we care and how passionate we are.

?It?s research, I?m doing research and lots of pints of Guinness along the way. But it was a lot of fun and really good to get to know them on a personal level, and hopefully they get to know us as well.?

Still not impressed" Fair enough, well in terms of household na...