AS his compatriots back in Scotland have struggled to keep warm during the cold snap, Ian Cathro has been dealing with extreme weather conditions of an entirely different kind.
Cathro has been a coach at Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia under Nuno Espirito Santo, the Portuguese manager who he worked alongside at Rio Ave, Valencia, Wolves and Spurs, since July.
With temperatures over in the Middle East regularly exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, he has to be careful when he puts on his sessions.