Dick Advocaat remembers being caught between a rock and a hard place in Manchester 14 years ago.
On the one hand, he was leading an exciting Zenit St Petersburg outfit into their first ever European showpiece, looking to crown off a coaching career of his own that would eventually span 34 years and 24 different postings with his one and only UEFA prize.
The trouble was that to do so, he’d have to break the hearts of a club he had built up genuine fondness for during four years in Glasgow.
