The German attacker benefitted from playing with one of the game's sharpest shooters
As a teenager breaking through the ranks of Schalke, Julian Draxler quickly found himself rubbing shoudlers with Real Madrid icon Raul.
The Spanish striker moved to the Bundesliga in 2010 and soon found himself playing alongside a nervous, young German desperate to impress.
Draxler had grown up idolising Raul and admits he found it difficult to simply communicate with the Los Blancos legend early on.
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"When Raul stood in front of me, I couldn't talk," Draxler told Goal and DAZN.