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Robert Lewandowski points towards the skies in memory of his father, who died when Borussia Dortmund's much sought-after striker, left, was aged 16. "The memory of my father still drives me on. When I do extra training, I tell myself: 'I am doing this for him' and that is good motivation," he says. "My father was not there to see my first professional game and when I score an important goal I dedicate it to him." Lewandowski's father was a Polish judo champion and second division footballer; his mother was a top-flight volleyball player, and his sister has represented Poland at under-21 level in volleyball.

The two teams have met twice in the Champions League, in 1997-98. They drew 0-0 in Munich on 4 March 1998, and Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 at home two weeks later. As far as the Bundesliga is concerned, Bayern Munich have the edge: won 38, drawn 28, lost 22 against their rivals.

A timely question, Michael, and one which allows me to get on a hobby horse of mine. The fundamental financial figures say it all: last season Premier League clubs spent 67% of their income on players' wages, compared with a mere 38% in the Bundesliga. And how about this: Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund's wage bill for 2011-12 was £68m, a whopping £134m less than Manchester City's. The Premier League may or may not be the best league in the world, but to my mind it's the most bloated, not least in the wages some clubs pay and in the prices fans have to fork out for tickets.

No he's not. Walker's only league goal came in the season before the Premier League began, against Luton at the City Ground on 1 January 1992. The relegation-haunted Hatters thought they had bagged their first away win of the 1991-92 season courtesy of Mark Pembridge's first-minute goal. But then a footballing miracle happened. Deep into stoppage time, Walker made one of his rare career forays into opposition territory and slotted the ball past keeper Steve Sutton. Forest fans cheered in disbelief; Luton went on to be relegated from the First Division even though they finished the season with 42 points.

Fabulous question! The man you're looking for is Les Sealey. He featured regularly in his first spell at Old Trafford, including a 1991 League Cup final defeat to Sheffield Wednesday and the 1991 Cup Winners' Cup final victory against Barcelona. He was then transferred to Aston Villa before returning to Manchester United on a free transfer as understudy to Peter Schmeichel (thanks to Fred the Red and Woody in Swindon for pointing out that Sealey and Mark Bosnich are the only players Sir Alex Ferguson has ever re-signed). In his second spell, Sealey played only two games - coming on in an FA Cup quarter-final against Charlton after Schmeichel was sent off, and starting the 1994 League Cup final, which United lost 3-1 to Villa.

Superb question Kev - a cracking bit of trivia! The three men in question are Peter Osgood, Tony Woodcock and Ian Storey-Moore.

Hail Eric Cantona, winner of titles with Marseille in 1991, with Leeds in 1992, and with Manchester United in 1993. In all, the flamboyant Frenchman won seven league championship medals, four of them with United. Another, and less obvious, player to achieve the feat is Alexei Mikhailichenko, who won titles with Dynamo Kiev, Sampdoria and Rangers from 1990-92 (thanks Martin from Doncaster).

This old chestnut eh? I get this one a lot and in previous years there were seven - Michael Owen, Lassana Diarra, Boudewijn Zenden, Mark Hughes, Nicolas Anelka, Emmanuel Petit and Jermaine Pennant. More recently we can of course add Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun to the list to make it nine.