Nothing appears to faze the Belgian, whose rapid rise from 14-year-old defender at Genk to one of the world's greatest goalkeeping talents borders on the remarkable.
She believes him to be a poetry prodigy, and her desire to help him realize his talents borders on the obsessive, perhaps even the predatory.
A Europe of talent without borders, not unbounded pay cheques and profits.
But there are several reasons why we are likely to see more editorial talent crossing borders and media.
Countries of origin and nationality were once determining factors, but rules changes and increased movement of talent across borders make for ever more exotic mixes on and off the medal stand.
While countries of origin and nationality were once determining factors, rule changes and increased movement of talent across borders make for ever-more exotic mixes on and off the medal stand.
"What did we do to let such a talent slip over the border?" Leroux is the only child of a Canadian mother, Sandi Leroux, a supermarket cashier who played softball for Canada in the 1987 Pan American Games.
Then there is his talent for crossing borders, lying low, coolly availing himself of bourgeois normality.
Yet public knowledge of that amazingly impressive squad never went very far beyond photos so stocked with Hall-of-Fame talent that they bordered on caricature, and margins of victory somehow even more cartoonish.
Lyseggen is a firm believer in talent knowing no borders, and it's his hope that successful startups and entrepreneurs emerging form MEST will act as the inspiration for generations that follow.
