It was an opportunity Lars Ricken couldn’t pass up. For the opening of the club’s new representative office in Singapore, BVB’s youth coordinator laced up his boots again to play for a local youth team. Along with marketing director Carsten Cramer, he was part of a delegation representing Borussia Dortmund at the event that attracted wide media coverage.

Ricken not only had to go through a marathon of interviews, the 1997 Champions League final scorer also of course made himself available for an autograph and picture session for the many fans in attendance. The interest in and anticipation for the Black and Yellows was everywhere to be seen, no matter where the club’s envoy showed up - a great affirmation of Borussia Dortmund’s new representative office managed by Suresh Letchmanan, a native of Singapore.