By Michael Lynch
January 19 2004

Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson says that a big mistake was made when the St James' Park outfit let Louis Saha go.

The Frenchman is now set to join Manchester United in a £10million dealbut the striker could well have been at Newcastle - if former manager Ruud Gullit's had not let him go after an unsuccessful loan spell in 1999.

Robson told The Journal: "We had him and let him go. I like the look of him a lot, he is a very good player indeed, an outstanding player in fact.

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