People sometimes assume that you have to sink a level or two to regain employment on the international football scene, but the former World Cup winner has bucked that trend by landing the head coach role at Azerbaijan.

You may have missed the day of celebrations on Sky Sports News that marked the appointment, but Berti appears well settled into his new role, and is already drawing upon all of that experience gained North of the border.

Commenting on the locals for "a welcome without inhibitions, [which is a] beautiful new experience". Well, it beats the three haggises that were luzzed at him when he alighted at Edinburgh Waverley station I suppose.

Some old habits appear to be hanging around though like the lingering smell of sauerkraut on a Dresden council estate. Vogts said:

"Firstly, Football urgently needs more training sites and new stadiums. Secondly, when I was in Nigeria, I was surprised that many players could not swim. Nobody uses the pool at the gymnasium at my hotel here in Baku. I'm afraid kids are also not learning to swim in Azerbaijan."

Yeah, that's because they're footballers, Berti.

And he'd be the first to complain on a Sunday morning when his serene breast-stroke gets interupted by a load of youngsters Gerd Muller'd on the local Oliver Bierhoff, Robert Huth'ing up all over the place and leaving Karl-Heinz Riddle's in the pool.

What a bunch of Stephan Kuntz.

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