1) From unknown trialist to cult hero
In early 1994, Rösler’s career was at a crossroads.
Having struggled to settle in Nuremberg after joining the Franconian club from Dynamo Dresden two years earlier, the then 25-year-old had pinned his hopes on a move to English second-tier side Middlesbrough.
However, that transfer fell through after a reserve-team match he was meant to appear in was cancelled due to heavy snow.
A dispirited Rösler had already returned to Germany by the time he received a call from his agent, asking him if he was interested in a trial at Premier League outfit Manchester City. The rest, as they say, is history.
