Sydney FC Sporting Director Alex Baumjohann reveals just how close the club was to pulling off the biggest transfer of the last off-season.

Also hear about....

• Sacking his best mates Le Fondre and Brattan.
• How he became Germany's wonderkid at Schalke.
• Why Sydney FC's philosophy is the right thing to do.
• And why our squad can win trophies this season.

Harrison Devenish-Meares has earned his place as Sydney FC's number 1 this season however his path to get there has been anything but straight-forward.

- Leaving NPL2 and forging a career in America with a Jamaican Goalkeeper Coach

- Forcing a move to a Romanian club and adapting to life in Europe

- Being kicked out of the country with just the clothes on his back

- Returning to Australia and getting a chance at Sydney FC as a train on

- Spending his off season at a silent retreat with hours upon hours of meditation.

Get to know Harrison in a completely new light in this eye opening and fascinating podcast.

No player has scored more goals for Sydney FC than Alex Brosque and on this episode of We Are Sydney presented by San Miguel, the Sky Blues legend reflects on a career shaped by loyalty, pressure and big moments in Sky Blue.

From coming home and captaining his boyhood club, to embracing derby hostility and navigating the mental demands of the game, Brosque pulls back the curtain on parts of his career.

He opens up on sacrifice, retirement, that final whistle, and life after football — from the media world to fatherhood and the trials and tribultaions of coaching a teenage girls team.