Jamie Vardy may have thought he was signing up for sun and spaghetti as he arrived in Italy to a mob of supporters on Sunday night.
What the former England forward might not have bargained for was playing alongside the great-grandson of one of Europe's most notorious fascist dictators.
Vardy, 38, has signed for Serie A new boys Cremonese and will line up alongside young full-back Romano Mussolini.
The 22-year-old was drafted in on loan from Lazio earlier this summer. His full name is Romano Benito Floriani Mussolini, and though he actually insists on taking the surname Mussolini, not Floriani, he says he has no interest in politics.