Chatting to Pascal Gross ahead of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, his biggest match in a Brighton & Hove Albion shirt, I realised how much we have in common.
We've both scored regularly against Manchester United with the No 13 on our back, share a healthy scepticism for VAR and have even worked with the same first-team doctor, Steve Lewis.
Pascal has been at Brighton for six years now and what a journey it has been.
When he arrived from Germany, the Seagulls were new to the Premier League.