Faustino Asprilla has often likened his life to a wonderful dream. It is not hard to see why.
From the football pitch to the nightclubs of northern Italy, Tyneside and beyond, the maverick Colombian has always had a knack for making the wildly improbable seem ordinary.
Who else would mark their club debut by enjoying a pre-match glass of wine before performing a Cruyff turn to set up a vital equaliser within minutes of coming on as a second-half substitute, as Asprilla did within hours of joining Newcastle United?
Who else would report for training wearing nothing but a jockstrap, a snorkel and a pair of flippers?