Bruno Guimaraes was on an Air France flight to Rio de Janeiro in January when his phone would not stop buzzing. He was having trouble answering, but did not want to be disturbed anyway.
'I was watching the Vikings series on TV,' says the Brazil midfielder, then of Lyon. 'I was going home to play for the national team. There was wi-fi on the plane and I was receiving repeated calls from my agent.
I was like, 'I can't answer the phone!'. So, he sent a message - 'Newcastle United are interested. Would you like to listen to their proposal?