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If any further sign was needed that Walter Smith had lost the plot, then here it was: the signing of flambouyant Frenchman David Ginola: 1985: Ginola made a name for himself as a blossoming teenager with Toulon, leading to spells with Racing Paris and Brest in the French first division. 1991: Snapped up by Paris St Germain, he spent four years in the capital, earning all of his 17 international caps during that spell. 1994: Was named French footballer of the year. 1995: Signed for Kevin Keegan's Newcastle during the summer in a �2M deal. He became a folk hero in the north-east, playing 76 games for the Magpies but scoring only seven goals. 1997: As Keegan's Newcastle side began to fall apart, he moved to Tottenham for �2.5M in the summer of 1997 and spent three years at White Hart Lane. 2000: As he fell out with the Spurs manager, it was off to Aston Villa and a mixed period that started well but ended in acrimony with John Gregory refusing to play the flambouyant Frenchman. David Moyes did give him half a chance... as a substitute in the last game of the season, at Arsenal. But it was never going to work, and the fambouyant over-the-hill Frenchman disappeared in May 2002. A more thoughtful retrospective on Ginola's brief Everton career was subsequently provided by Nathan O'Hagan of The Football Pink website, under the title: David Ginola and the sad Au Revoir at Everton. |
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