When Stoke City’s 10-year spell in Premier League stopped in May 2018, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting probably didn’t imagine himself playing a Champions League final two years later.
The 31-year-old lost that final with Paris Saint-Germain but is now playing for Bayern Munich the team that won the Champions League.
Despite playing for two of the biggest names in European football he has no regrets about his time with the less glamorous English club Stoke City.
"I am very happy I went to Stoke, it was a great year even if we got relegated," he told BBC Sport Africa.