No 'surprise' about Sabah's progress

[Getty Images] Journalist Katie Wilson, who covers football in Azerbaijan, joined BBC Radio Manchester's Michael Clarke and Wes Brown on Total Sport to give an insight into Thursday's Champions League opponents Sabah. Wilson said the club's progress should not come as a surprise, despite their relative lack of experience. "The club is only nine years old, they had to go through four qualifying rounds," she explained. "I think in Azerbaijan it's not such a surprise, this was always the intention when the club was launched. It was always the intention to compete in Europe." Asked whether there would be a big gulf in quality, Wilson said Sabah would be determined to make an impact after navigating four qualifying rounds. "You don't go through four qualifying rounds to just be happy to be there. I think they really will want to get some points. I think being from a smaller association where people don't know too much about them could actually be an opportunity to make the most of that. "People won't know their style, and if we look at how they fared in the qualifying rounds, sometimes they went in as the underdog but were able to overturn it. "Maybe if United have control of the game and get comfortable, that's when Sabah could be quite dangerous." Wilson also revealed an unusual detail about Sabah manager Valdas Dambrauskas, who funded his coaching education after appearing on a TV gameshow. She explained: "Dambrauskas didn't have a professional playing career but he did go on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' in Lithuania when he was 25-years-old, I believe. He won 4,000 litas, which is around £1,000. He used that to fund his coaching course in the UK."