While telling that he was close to joining Barcelona back in 1986 when he was coaching Scottish club Aberdeen (read more here), Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also explained in the same interview with British tabloid The Sunday Express that Barcelona kept in touch the following years and that they asked his advice when the club was considering the transfer of Uruguayan playmaker Enzo Francescoli. Given the time indications it can be assumed that this happened in the late eighties.
Enzo Francescoli (47), the childhood hero of former FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, is the most legendary Uruguayan player of the last decades. In 1986 he came to Europe and played for three seasons with French club Racing Club de Paris. After one more year at Marseille, he left in 1990 for the Italian league, where he played with Cagliari and Torino.
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Transfer history: Alex Ferguson
Transfer history: Zinedine Zidane
Youth: Diego Polenta (Danubio)
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Transfer history: Francescoli
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He was god back then. Excellent player, superior technique, a true football legend.
The Barça shirt would ahve fitted him perfectly.
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