It was a tough decision for Rabbi Matondo when he received an offer to move to FC Schalke on January transfer deadline day last year.
The Welsh winger had impressed for the youth team at Manchester City all season and was expected to soon make his senior debut having been selected by Pep Guardiola for the pre-season tour in 2018.
With many first-team stars away on World Cup duty City turned to Matondo as part of the makeshift squad, and it was an opportunity which changed his life forever.
City fans had been left outraged by Germany's decision to snub Leroy Sane from their squad in Russia that summer, and while Joachim Löw paid the price with a group stage exit it was Matondo who benefited when he struck up a close friendship with the
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