A coffee with Charlie Woods
Charlie Woods, the late, great Sir Bobby Robson's trusted chief scout, has revealed how Newcastle United signed Laurent Robert – and missed out on Xabi Alonso.
Nicolas Anelka was in no doubt.
The striker had been asked a question about one of his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates.
That player was Laurent Robert, who would become one of the poster boys of Sir Bobby Robson’s Newcastle United team in the early 2000s.
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