Watch: New Coach, Standard Strength: John Anthony Brooks

The long established linchpin of the VfL Wolfsburg defence, John An- thony Brooks oversaw another clean sheet to help the team give Florian Kohfeldt a winning start on the touchline. For Brooks, the 2-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen was another well-organised day at the office, to add to the many put in already for Wolfsburg, Hertha Berlin and the US na- tional team. We cast an eye over the Berlin-born centre-back’s career to date.