How's your nožni prst Nathan?

Working in this job inevitably throws up some too-daft-to-be-true football stories.

We've had the following belters over the years:

-The Great Escape of 2005

-Andy McDermott to have trials at Juventus

-Eduardo for Albion link (believe it or not this would have been a go-er had the Baggies matched Dinamo Zagreb's £6million valuation in August 2006)

-The Battle of Bramall Lane

-Bernt Haas wearing a Robin Hood costume, clutching a bottle of Vodka and wandering round City Hospital's accident and emergency ward in a drunken state following a pre-Christmas booze-up.

-The small matter of 12 points being over-turned in 2002.

The mind boggles.

And now we have the most unlikely player to be capped for a country since Nigerian Emmanuel Olisadebe met a girl in a Polish McDonald's, married her and ended up scoring 11 goals in 25 games for Poland.

Nathan Ellington was born in Bradford, grew up in London, started his professional career in Bristol and was so homesick for his Manchester home during his time at Albion that he joined Watford.

But now the Duke has surpassed all of that by declaring his interest to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

That's the former Yugoslav Republic. Nowhere near Didsbury, Moss Side, Alderley Edge or even Weatherfield for that matter.

Ellington married a Bosnian woman a few years ago and admits the prospect of playing for the Balkan state appeals.

"I love Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Ellington.

"I went there last summer with my wife, we visited Sarajevo and several other places. I was fascinated by the beauty of the country.

"My wife proposed the idea of me playing for their national team and I really liked the idea and I hope to make the contact with the officials soon."

All of which makes me wonder what Bryan Robson would make of this.

Robson admitted that Ellington was his most disappointing Albion signing - let's not forget that Robbo signed Zuberbuhler and Hartson - after the two fell out when Ellington suffered his infamous toe injury. Or, as they say in Sarajevo, an infamous nožni prst injury.

Good luck Nathan.