Gheorghe Hagi's career took him to the heights of world football and across the European club scene. Now the 'King' has returned to Romania with a mission.

A huge mural of Gheorghe Hagi graces his football academy, a reminder of Romania's spectacular performance at the 1994 World Cup, when he led the unfancied team to the quarter-finals.

Hagi, 26, said: "It's definitely special to come back here and play in the town where I was born. "We have so many good memories of here as a family so it's special and I'm going to enjoy it on ...