Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Absolutely. I said it throughout his career. He should have been at Madrid with Zidane and Figo winning European Cups, instead of taking it easy with us.

Of course the truly big teams would never have allowed his non-flying clause...
Right. So he was practically perfect for us and our aspirations, at that time.

Though, I've always said allowing such snowflakery, even back then, was essentially the thin end of the wedge.