Thun ready for voyage into unknown

ARSENAL vice-chairman David Dein had seen it all before but the media scrum that followed yesterday’s Champions League draw was such a daunting experience for Thun president Kurt Weder that he decided to slip away quietly.

As well-known soccer personalities queued up to be interviewed by the television people around him, he packed his bags to leave early from the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo.

That was until a UEFA official realised what had happened and went off to persuade him to return and talk about his little Swiss club’s fairytale success in qualifying for Europe’s elite club competition the first time.