'Every setback also has a positive' - Jaissle

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Newcastle United head coach Jaissle reflected on a childhood tumor and a serious knee injury that disrupted his playing career and hopes of a senior Germany call-up. He said setbacks can also bring positive outcomes.

"I had a tumour when I was five years old," the Newcastle United head coach says. Jaissle, like so many, visualised one day becoming a professional footballer, but he was among the rare few to actually go on to do so. The former Hoffenheim defender even felt he was on the verge of a senior call up to the German national team at one stage, only to suffer a serious knee injury.