Goldfinger

You have to feel for Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack. One minute they are superstars of the Italian and German leagues respectively, coveted by managers all over the world; next they are at Chelsea Football Club, being paid an absolute fortune and struggling to make an impression on the English Premiership.

Meanwhile, up the road in Manchester, a 35 year old ex-Barcelona player who had been pottering about Swedish football recently in a sort of semi-retirement turns up at Old Trafford and immediately wows a capacity crowd on his scoring debut.

It certainly makes you wonder what Mourinho’s secret is.