According to centre-half James Lawrence, attaining a visa became a four-day affair fit with a three-and-a-half hour round trip car journey through Germany and a forking over of biometric data, fingerprints, documents in terms of salary, club contract, living situation and other personal information.

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Reminds me of some of the stories you hear about travelling with Wales away in the 90's except it's happening to the players.