It was a proper bid. At the time, Peter Ridsdale was Chairman or something of a group of retail shops that included Top Man. They (apparently) fronted the money (probably knowing that Maradona would never come to Elland Road).
There was a strong rumour that Duncan Ferguson had an affair with Gary Speeds wife, and one of their sons wasn't Gary's.
Just done a quick google search https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/duncan-ferguson-trending-on-twitter.40024/# https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thelibertines/gary-speed-the-reason-he-killed-himself-t170770.html https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/topic/30480-duncan-ferguson/ https://forums.contractoruk.com/general/73467-rumours-about-gary-speed-s-death.html https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/584743-football/61286469
If we sign the young kids there's a good chance they'll have a buy back clause. These really annoy me as the rich clubs can just buy up all the young players and sell off the duds knowing that the few that come good can be got back cheaply and once again we're looking for a replacement.
Good morning from awarm Bardsey Sander Berg Sheffield U want 25m seems an awful lot to me what do you think Doc
A lot OLOF want to meet up for the Everton game. Tuesday night, we aren't flying back till Weds evening.