LISTEN: The Insane Story Of How Brian Clough Tried To Sign Dean Saunders

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Not only will Brian Clough go down in history as one of the greatest managers English football has ever seen, the former Nottingham Forest and Derby County manager was also one of the beautiful game's greatest characters and the story Welsh striker Dean Saunders has recently shared about how Clough tried to sign him, back in 1991 is one of the greatest tales we've ever heard.

No, we're not dishing out unnecessary hyperbole, as Clough is not a man who needs it. Saunders' story, told to talkSPORT refers to Saunders' spell with Derby County, where he caught the eye of Liverpool, Everton and Clough at Nottingham Forest. It genuinely needs to be heard to be believed so if you've got a spare seven minutes and 25 seconds, do yourself a favor and listen to it.

If only we could have a few more English managers with an ounce of the character and talent of 'Big 'Ead'.

(H/T talkSPORT)

Topics: Derby County, Football, Nottingham Forest

Joe Baiamonte

Northerner. Assistant Editor of SPORTbible. Studied Journalism and Broadcasting in a portakabin on a car park of Salford University for three years. Believes football peaked with Serie A in the '90s and strong-arms pro wrestling references into as many articles as possible. Neymar once took 50 euros off me during a game of poker.

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