Lithuanian manager Valdas Dambrauskas is preparing to walk out at Old Trafford as he leads Azerbaijani side Sabah into the Champions League. Hailing from a basketball-obsessed nation, Dambrauskas funded his early coaching career in England using prize money won on a television game show.
Celebrated goalscorer in Gladbach's Under-19s, high hopes at Schalke - but then Joy-Lance Mickels disappeared from view for a long time. Now he could be playing in the Champions League in a few weeks.