Ask any footballer what their ultimate career goals are, and they are all likely to tell you the same thing. Silverware, playing for the club of their dreams, and testing themselves against the best in the game are what you will hear in response, but there's something else that they neglect to tell you.
Professional footballers are motivated more than anything by nutmegs in training.
We've all played with that guy who can't help but try to nutmeg everyone, and how annoying it is when he finally gets one and absolutely loves himself, but imagine a group where everyone can get everyone at any moment, and soon you'll see just how big a deal is is.
Actually, you don't need to imagine, you can watch. We've tracked down video evidence that nothing is more important on the training pitch than a nutmeg, and the reactions that they produce are often hilarious.
And there's only one place to start, at Southampton, for the greatest reaction to a nutmeg ever seen.
Dejan Lovren turning the Southampton first team squad into a flock of seagulls.
That noise... It's not the last time you'll hear it.
David Meyler getting nutmegged by Shaun Maloney.
Meyler's personal YouTube channel, usually where he uploads his FIFA sessions, is also a place where he can have a laugh at himself. Not the similar noise to the Southampton video. That's a trend here.
Not the filthiest you'll ever see, but they all count.
Juan Mata's complete destruction of Raul Albiol disrupt's Spain's match preparations.
Now that actually may be the filthiest you'll ever see.
Messi on Pique shows the appreciation Barca players have for a good nuts.
A dignified applause is coupled with the screeches we heard earlier on.
You tell they're used to it at this stage.
The death of David Alaba shows how seriously Bayern Munich take it.
Brutal.
It takes two to spark a reaction at Man Utd, even when it's Wayne Rooney.
It's a reaction we see nowhere else, apart from a late goal in the latter stages of a knockout tournament. Pure joy, and all from a teammate getting nutmegged.
