Shevchenko ‘I nearly joined Newcastle’

By European Football
December 18 2004

Andrei Shevchenko has stated in his soon to be released biography that he almost joined Newcastle United: ‘They talked to me on several occasions and I wanted to move, but the time was not right for me or my club, so I remained’. He goes on to state that they were his club of preference for a while: ‘I liked the way they played, always attacking, they are a great club but Milan came in for me at the right time and now I hope to spend the rest of my life here, I have a good relationship with everyone here, fans, chairman, players. I never have to question myself that I made the right decision.’


Well he might never question himself, but personally as a Newcastle fan I am gutted, would have loved to have seen him at the toon.

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