Until the age of 16, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had one of those classic football back stories. The Spurs and Denmark midfielder started young, was spotted by Bayern Munich and endured a difficult move to a foreign country, away from his family.
But then his dad, Christian, was diagnosed with cancer and moved to Germany to be with his teenage son while he underwent chemotherapy.
Suddenly, aged just 17, the young footballer became a carer.
Speaking to BBC's Football Focus, Hojbjerg talks about that experience, his dad's death and the "scars" he still bears.
"My father would always take care of me, then suddenly I had to take care of him," he says.