Martin Braithwaite is proof that a footballer just never knows what's around the corner - one minute you're not Tony Pulis' cup of tea at Middlesbrough, the next your teeing up Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou, the toast of Barcelona.
There is plenty of depth and humour to the 29-year-old Danish international's story - speaking from the club's training ground before the season restarts this weekend, he talks about being in a wheelchair from the age of five to the age of seven.
And he jokes about going to such lengths to keep his move to the Camp Nou a secret that his wife thought he was having an affair.