Picture, if you will, a young man born in the industrial heartland of Bilbao. A city where football isn't just a sport, but a religion. Where the Athletic Club crest is tattooed on hearts long before it ever touches skin. There is something fiercely pure, romantic and stoic about Athletic Bilbao. Their proud Basque heritage and philosophy along with fiercely loyal players who have staunchly refused to leave the club for years rejecting huge opportunities elsewhere.

Images of brilliant players like Inaki Williams, Ohian Sancet, Iker Muniain, Aritz Aduriz come to mind immediately. And they shine like a bright beacon of hope.

It's here, in the hallowed halls of Lezama, that Inaki's brother, Nico Williams first learned to commune with the ball. To bend it to his will like a sorcerer's apprentice mastering his first spell.