Imagine the tale of Wimbledon and Milton Keynes with mountains not roundabouts. Replace the concrete cows with the bovine beasts of a popular energy drink. Add a decade of domination and you find yourself in Salzburg.
It is the Austrian city where Red Bull investment has transformed football and cast tradition aside in pursuit of sporting excellence.
In the Champions League this week, their serene progress, and in particular their impressive strategy of recruitment and player development, will be held in sharp focus when exceptional young forwards Erling Haaland and Benjamin Sesko go head to head.