Ex-Real Madrid star to give back to Hong Kong after career of highs, self-doubt

Ex-Real Madrid star to give back to Hong Kong after career of highs, self-doubt

Like a lot of Real Sociedad supporters, Asier Illarramendi focused on enjoying himself in the week after the club beat Celta Vigo 2-0 in June 2010 to win promotion back to La Liga with one game to spare. Unlike any of his fellow revellers, however, the 20-year-old Illarramendi was handed his senior debut in that last dead-rubber match, a 4-1 defeat at Elche. “It was a little bit weird; we’d won the league and during that week we celebrated a lot…