EPL MANAGERS BLOODY MISTAKE: ZINEDINE ZIDANE (Bordeaux to Blackburn/Newcastle — 1995/1996) THERE once was a time when Blackburn were the kings of England. And after winning the league title, Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish wanted to add legendary midfield maestro Zidane to his squad. But chairman Jack Walker uttered the now infamous words: “Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood?” One crumb of comfort for Blackburn fans perhaps is that they were not the only English club to snub Zizou. According to agent Barry Silkman, Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle had the chance to snap up the Frenchman a year later. Silkman revealed: “I offered him to Newcastle at the beginning of the 1996 season for £1.2million. “And they watched him and said that he wasn’t good enough to play in the First Division which is the Championship now. “Three months later he went to Juventus for £1.2million and two years later he went for £48million. So I think the people at Newcastle got it slightly wrong.”
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:40 +0000
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