Liam Morrison and Barry Hepburn are former Celtic youngsters who play together in Germany and Scotland.
Barry Hepburn and Liam Morrison are talking about a topic that is close to their hearts when the media officer at the club suggests the conversation should return to football.
His point stands despite the good natured interjection. The world's biggest beer festival is not what Hepburn and Morrison are talking about.
Hepburn managed to get his dad to use his son in Germany by attending the event. When discussing how the pair get tickets for every first-team game, it's mentioned that they started a shady business.
The picture is clear enough to see the background when the camera returns to the duo. The Scottish teenagers are part of the under-19 squad and can be seen behind the academy complex.
The France national team was training here for the Euros, Hepburn says as he looks at the pitch. He says they were at the window watching Kylian Mbappe. It's crazy to see these people.
There is still excitement about watching superstars at close quarters as a 17-year-old. An attitude and personality that was lost in young Scottish football players is still present in these two.
It was bold. It's a cute thing. The name is Gallus. Both are grounded. The fact that they have a logo on their tracksuits does not change that.
It was a difficult time.
The duo have shown immense resilience, bouncing back from serious injuries and also dealing with the stresses of moving abroad so young.
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Morrison couldn't walk after he woke up. One of the discs fell out of my back. I was injured for eight months. We were trapped on the campus.
I tore my knee after training for three or four weeks. I was thinking that this couldn't get any worse. I was due to play my first game in nine months, but the league was canceled because of Covid.
I tore my knee again when the league started back up, but it was about a year since my last game. It was a tough time when I came back.
Hepburn broke his ankle in the second game. I was out for four months. I couldn't go home to see my family. The season was canceled when I got back.
Hepburn left Celtic in the summer of 2020 to join German giants.
This language is rocket science.
Another issue is the language barrier. Morrison has been living in the country for over two years, but is still struggling to come to terms with it all.
Hepburn received a decent pass mark in his recent exam and he is feeling good about himself.
Morrison remembers doing languages in school. The language is like rocket science at times, but I would do Chinese and be amazing at it. I can understand most of it, but speaking it is a new challenge.
Hepburn says that he goes to a place that is just a language school. I have that Monday to Thursday, nine in the morning and one in the afternoon. I just had an exam and I have that every week. I got 60 percent.
What have I done here?
Morrison has made life easier for Hepburn since he moved to Bavaria. Morrison left the youth teams at Celtic before the start of the 2020 season.
The 18-year-old was on his own for a year when it came to meeting new people.
He says that he went on a pre-season tour with the older age group. I didn't know anyone. I was wondering what I had done. It was normal after a couple months when you start to miss your family and friends.
The move has presented its challenges, but it was always going to be too great to give up on playing at a club like Bayern.
A "proper intense" training schedule is demanded, along with strict off-field education that has resulted in Morrison passing a diploma in business.
The doorway is open for you at one of the biggest clubs in the world and that is the determining factor.
It's a big achievement if I was to play for the best team in the world. It's not a bad thing that you're at the top level now.
Morrison says he always wanted to be at one of the top clubs in Europe. It's hard to ignore that when you have a team like that. It's a great opportunity and a great learning curve. It's a bonus if you make it all the way.
Morrison signed with the club a year prior to Hepburn's arrival.
'Sane ripped me apart'
The youth teams training at a separate complex are constantly reminded that there is a pathway there if they apply themselves as expected.
Morrison, who played with forward Jamal Musiala, knows the level required to reach the senior side after playing in a training match with the superstars.
He says he was marking Sane. He ripped me apart after I came back from an injury. If you are training with the top players, you're only going to get better.
Scots have been moving to mainland Europe in recent years.
Scotland's youth sides have a lot of talent from top clubs, but more established players such as Lawrence Shankland and Liam Henderson are gaining first-team experience.
Both Hepburn and Morrison think that the correct route to the first team must be available for any youngster.
Morrison says going to a big club is great. They have a big name and you can say you play for them. There is no point if there is no pathway. It needs to be a plan for you to become a better player.
"Make sure the move benefits you and it's not going to take you back two steps," Hepburn says. Go for it if it makes you a better player. You have a chance if you don't make it. As long as you have a chance, that's all it takes.
