Swansea City's squad may well be looking forward to a rare weekend off next Saturday as the international break kicks in, but for one member of the club's backroom staff it's the chance to start plotting the downfall of England's World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign.

Swans masseur Oscar Brau will leave rainy Wales for sunny Spain after today's game against Sheffield Wednesday to help Andorra prepare to take on Fabio Capello's England in their opening qualifying game.

The Spaniard has been Andorra's physio and masseur for six years and is set to share the international stage with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry.

Andorra face England at Espanyol's Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on Saturday before hosting Belarus on home soil the following Wednesday.

"We played England twice in the 2008 Euro qualifiers,'' explained Oscar. "We lost 3-0 at home and 5-0 at Old Trafford - which wasn't bad considering we only have two professionals.

"This is Fabio Capello's first qualifier in charge of England, so it should be interesting!

"As long as our goalkeeper doesn't come away with a bad back picking the footballs out of the net, it should be a good experience.

"It's only myself and the team doctor on the bench, so I double up as masseur, physio and whatever else I have to do.

"I'll try and give the Swans fans watching on TV a wave though if I have to run onto the pitch,'' he joked.

Oscar first teamed up with the Swans towards the end of last season on a temporary basis, but he made such an impression on manager Roberto Martinez and the squad that he was signed on a permanent contract over the summer.

It's the latest step in a career path that has taken many twists and turns for the 39-year-old.

Having started his masseur's apprenticeship under highly-rated Spanish national team supervisor Carlos Lorenzana at Espanyol, Oscar went on to work with tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario for seven years; Spain's youth water polo team for a further three and the Romanian national football team for the Euro 2000 campaign.

Throw in a world tour with the likes of tennis star Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Spain's Rafael Nadal, and it's not hard to see why Swans boss Roberto Martinez was beaming when Oscar committed himself to the Swans over the summer.

"I didn't know Roberto when I first came to Swansea,'' admitted Oscar, whose brother Juanjo Brau is first team physio at Barcelona where he has sole responsibility for their star man Messi.

"It was a mutual friend of ours, a top player in Spain, who put us in touch with each other.

"Roberto phoned me to ask if I was interested in doing some work with Swansea and it just went from there.

"If I'm honest, I didn't know anything about the club. Roberto's name rang a bell, but it was only after I went on the internet that I found out about Swansea.

"I decided to give it a go for a week - and I'm still here. I'm enjoying it. I like the city, the stadium and the people.''

However, Oscar admits that he's working a lot harder now than he's been used to. Welcome to Britain; welcome to British football!

"It's hard work,'' he added. "In fact, I'm working harder than ever; but that's the way I like it. I'm happy when I'm working.

"You play a lot more games in Britain than Spain. It means there are normally more injuries and the recovery process is a lot more important.

"But the medical staff at Swansea are forward thinking and we all work well together. I'd like to think we are doing a good job.''

So when you see an Andorran player go down injured against England next Saturday, keep an eye out for Oscar the Swan running on!