|
|
Chris Sutton signed picture |
|
|
Chris Sutton signed picture in Blackburn colours. In his first season with Rovers, he formed a formidable partnership with Alan Shearer and this SAS partnership led to the Premiership championship. His second season at Ewood park was marred by injury whilst his third was spent without Shearer who had joined Newcastle United for £15 million in the summer of 1996. He began the 1997/98 season in blistering form scoring a hat-trick in a 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa at Villa Park. This was followed by a brace in the 7-2 thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday. Tabloid newspapers linked him with a move to Arsenal to replace the aging Ian Wright. Sutton's performances won him selection into the England squad for the friendly international against Cameroon on 15th November 1997 and he made his international debut coming on as a substitute for Paul Scholes in the last ten minutes of the 2-0 victory.
An international career and a place in Glenn Hoddle's England squad for the 1998 World Cup in France looked assured for the versatile Sutton who can play as centre-half as well as up front. However when the squads were announced for the February friendly with Chile, Sutton found himself dropped to the England B team having been replaced in the full team by Liverpool's Michael Owen and Coventry's Dion Dublin. Chris angrily stated that he was offended by this considering his current form and that if Hoddle didn't want him for the full team then Chris would not play for the B side either. This much-publicised dispute resulted in Chris being effectively ruled out of any future England squads whilst Hoddle was the National team's manager. The rest they say is history! |
|
£ 35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|