I'm not sure how those two signings came about - I presume we either have a scout who works in that region, or who has a contact within Icelandic football.
In what way?
He WAS originally selected for the Scotland squad to play England in August, but had to withdraw due to injury. That was his only call-up in 2013-14.
Yes - from 1999 to 2001. When Maksimenko went on loan to Yeovil during 2012-13, he was re-united with his former tutor, as he took coaching seminars from him in Latvia as a 13-year-old.
2013-14 has been a pretty remarkable season for Albion in terms of players being capped by their country. Ignoring players on loan, we had 4 players (Greer, El-Abd, Maksimenko and Crofts) win a total of 16 full international caps. This number would surely have been higher if it wasn't for...