Seven years ago Demba Ba failed trials at English lightweights Barnsley and things were so bad for the budding Senegalese forward that only a French Third Division side, Rouen, could offer him refuge.
Earlier trials at French clubs Lyon and Auxerre had also ended in failure for Ba.
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