Tariq Lamptey is in some illustrious company among all the scouting reports experienced talent spotter Giovanni Gullo has stored on his phone.
'Zinedine Zidane he was in Cannes, 17 when I first saw him,' Gullo tells Sportsmail as he starts to reel off just some of the players he first saw as youngsters, the meticulous notes on them that he used to type and fax now on a handheld device in a sign of the times and also his longevity in the game.
'Juventus didn't buy the player then. I said to them "please take this player" but they didn't believe because he was young and then Juventus was very strong … Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio.