Robin Gosens

Germany

The young Gosens wanted to become a police officer, like his grandfather, but when he applied he was told in one region (Nordrhein-Westfalen) that his legs were too different in length (!) and by the time he got accepted into a second region (Rheinland-Pfalz) he had been offered his first professional football contract. The only player in this squad who has not played in the Bundesliga, he was snapped up by Atalanta from the Dutch side Heracles in 2017 for £1m...