Did he really play for them?

wasn't the rumour Inter thought they were getting R(oy) Keane though?

Robbie Keane was part of the very talented Ireland U18 team who won the European Championship in 1998, and had an impressive season in the PL for Coventry in the 99/00 season, were he was their topscorer with 12 goals at the age of 19. He was a big talent when Inter bought him, nothing strange with that transfer as I see it, other than it's always a little strange seeing a British/Irish player play in one of the other top leagues, and especially for a club of Inter's size.
 
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Joaquin played for Fiorentina... completely missed that. I remember many moons ago when he was linked with us... I wonder how that would have turned out.
 
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The last time Robert Huth played in a CL semi final. The next time will be next year when Leicester visit Camp Nou.
 
Robbie Keane was part of the very talented Ireland U18 team who won the European Championship in 1998, and had an impressive season in the PL for Coventry in the 99/00 season, were he was their topscorer with 12 goals at the age of 19. He was a big talent when Inter bought him, nothing strange with that transfer as I see it, other than it's always a little strange seeing a British/Irish player play in one of the other top leagues, and especially for a club of Inter's size.

Yep. I believe Inter had like 7 strikers on their books at the time. Hakan Suker, Ronaldo, Recoba, Veiri etc.
 
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Louis Saha at Newcastle
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That George Weah goal for Milan is not as good as I thought I remembered it.

I Must be old because I remember some of these and they arent strange,but then yeah, Yossi at Arsenal I dont remember at all. Nor Robbie keane at west Ham. Or Woodgate apparently not having retired yet.
 
Thanks to Graeme Souness all these played for Benfica...

Mark Pembridge
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Michael Thomas
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Brian Deane
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Dean Saunders
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Scott Minto
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...plus Gary Charles and Steve Harkness.
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Did Phil Babb play for Sporting?
 
Steven Fletcher plays for Marseille and its really odd seeing him there.....

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Yep. I believe Inter had like 7 strikers on their books at the time. Hakan Suker, Ronaldo, Recoba, Veiri etc.
It was one of the most ridiculously top-heavy squads ever. The defence and midfield were bogged down with cloggers, yet they had world-class strikers struggling to squeeze onto the bench. In the summer of 2000 they had Ronaldo, Baggio, Zamorano, Vieri, Keane and Pirlo - when he was a 10 - on the books.
 
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And all this time, I thought that Perquis being injured was the reason why he never appeared for Toronto FC in the last couple of months...
 
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I totally forgot that Frings actually played for TFC as well, but I had no idea that he appeared for Bayern too.
 
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I totally forgot that Frings actually played for TFC as well, but I had no idea that he appeared for Bayern too.

You would be hard pressed to find many German outfielders who didn't play for Bayern