MIKAEL MANDRON has found an altogether more studious manager at his latest club in Steven Hammell than the one he first encountered as a professional at Sunderland, with fiery former Celtic hero Paolo Di Canio giving the striker his professional debut.
Hammell brought the big forward north from Gillingham this month as he looks to add some support to Kevin Van Veen in the Motherwell attack, and Mandron has enjoyed his first couple of weeks working under the mild-mannered Fir Park legend.
It is all in stark contrast to the time he spent at the Stadium of Light, but he says the experience stood him in great stead for the rest of his career, and that he is still using the lessons he learned under the combustible Italian to this day.
