Almost everywhere you turned in Munich last week, you saw football royalty, and high-level talk. The Champions League final almost stands alone in bringing the great and good of the game together. In one corner, there was Sir Alex Ferguson being shepherded by Gary Neville, endearingly calling him “boss”. In another were a series of legends like Ruud Gullit and Javier Zanetti.
Anyone who looked hard enough might also have seen something else, in the more secluded corners of high-priced hotels like the Rosewood or Bayischer Hof.
