From Vasco da Gama to Dortmund: The young English coach travelling the world

Alex Clapham was set for a job as an assistant manager at a Championship club when Borussia Dortmund came calling. He knew he had to drop everything. “The first call was to my missus to tell her it was Germany rather than England,” he tells Sky Sports.

Thankfully, she enjoyed the experience and he learned plenty from his 18 months as the set-piece coach for the club with the biggest attendances in Europe. "It was crazy working at that level," says the 37-year-old Englishman. "And it was not always easy."