Basel: Xherdan Shaqiri
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One of the most exciting young talents in European football, Bayern Munich were able to sign the much-coveted attacking player to a pre-contract which will see him join the team in the summer.
Oh, the irony of ironies, then, that he is due to face them twice over the space of three weeks in the Champions League with his current club Basel.
The diminutive 20-year-old schemer, who acts as a kind of wide playmaker for the Swiss side, has already helped orchestrate the downfall of Manchester United this season, and he is more than capable of doing the same against his future employers. That could make the first day at his new job awkward.