Too much too soon for Jadon
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a quality cross had never been in question and that’s why Clough loved him.
The Scot revealed: “People ask me if I was his favourite, but it was more a case of, ‘I liked him and I think he liked me.’
“He rescued my career, there’s no shadow of a doubt in my mind about that. I was going nowhere.
“I had let myself go a bit and thought nobody cared about me. If he hadn’t come in at that stage, I think I’d have quite possibly drifted out of the game.
“He’d often use me as the brunt of his jokes or smart remarks, whether he was making fun of me being a scruff, my smoking or my weight and, looking back, I probably quite liked the attention.”
Robertson went on to become O’neill’s trusted right-hand man in management and the Irishman readily admits Clough’s description, right from their early days in the dressing room, was probably spot-on.
“He said, ‘That lad’s a bloody genius,’” said O’neill.
“It was the highest compliment by one of football’s greatest-ever managers. There was no doubt he deserved the accolade.” 1984
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JADON SANCHO is feeling the pressure of a possible £120m move to Manchester United.
That is the view of his Borussia Dortmund team-mate Thomas Delaney, who says his rapid rise into the England squad is also affecting him.
Sancho, 20, is top of United’s wanted list but his form has suffered an alarming dip.
The winger has still to start a game since German football came back on May 16 and hasn’t looked like himself off the bench.
He had notched 17 goals and 20 assists before lockdown but has just one assist and no goals in his last three appearances.
Sancho has also been linked with Liverpool and Chelsea and Delaney said: “He is one of the biggest talents I’ve played with.
“But with that comes pressure and I think he slowly starts to feel that from England and clubs surrounding him now. He’s been performing better than expected but the next step is going to be interesting.”