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Robert Lewandowski

"Sir Alex Ferguson wanted me and I said yes – even though it was very tough to understand every word he was saying!"

Robert Lewandowski could, the story goes, have been playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2010 if an Icelandic ash cloud hadn’t prevented him from flying to England to meet Sam Allardyce. Months later, Venky’s bought Blackburn, Allardyce was sacked and the Polish striker might have found himself in a relegation battle under Steve Kean. Instead, having joined Borussia Dortmund, he helped Jurgen Klopp’s exciting side to win the Bundesliga in each of his first two seasons playing there, and the rest is h...

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