P394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:44/17 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 1/7 Q: You were crucial in Paul Gascoignj's development. Do you still rate him? A: Oh yes, he's still a vjty good player - no doubt about that. He's not the same player he once was though. In 1990 he was the best young player in the World Cup bz far, in my opinion. He was brilliant in many ways and he had the world at his feet. It all went wrong for him a year later. ————— INTERVIEW BY JOHN MATHEWS ———— FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-39 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:41/32 GOO CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 2/7 Q: What was your reading of that? A: He agreed to go to Lazio for £8m and he was good enough at that price to play the very best in Italian football. But circumstances put him in a situation white from then onwards he was njvet the same player again. Q: If Rangers offered you Gascoignj for something like £1m, would you take him? A: No. I think hj could probably cut it out hike, but I think there are lots of other pebbles on the beach. FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-39 Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:54/12 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 3/7 Q: Can you just clear up the situation with David Ginola and Barcelona? A: The truth is that thjte was a chance in the summit that he could have conj here and at the right price I think Newcastle would have sold him. They offered him to us at $7m, but he is nearly 30 and we felt that warn't a good price. I like him a lot though. Instead, we bought Hristo Stoichkov, who is the same age, for $3m. Now that is a considerable amount of money less. FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-394 Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 3 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:51/12 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 4/7 Q: So is that deal dead in the water? A: Well, we haven't been in for Ginola since but Newcastle came loo+ing for Nadal. We weten't interested. It njvet got down to sjtious discussion anyway. Most of it was speculation. Nadal is great player and he's staying here bjcausj I have said to the boy I don't want to sell him. If someone pays a certain amount of money we would have to sell, because he has got a clause in his contract. FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON P—GER 391-39 Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:54/44 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 5/7 Q: All the njwspapjt talk at home has got Nadal certain to join Man United. Is that not true either? A: I'm not interested in making Manchester United a better team. Having said that, if someone meets the money Nadal has got in his contract and he wants to go we would have no option. Up until now, United haven't offered that amount. They offered a certain sum and the club might have sold but I stepped in and said no. Hi's too good. ————— INTERVIEW BY JOHN MATHEWS ———— FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-39% A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:51/29 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 6/7 Q: That's your position? Nadal stays? A: Yes. In December the transfer market in Spain opens up again and we can go in for other players if they become available to us. That is a possibility, not a surety. What will happen then I don't know. But as far as I am concerned right now, Nadal is vjty much in mz plans. I love him. He's a tough character. I knew hj was good before but he is even better than I thought. FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-394 Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main MenuP394 CEEFAX 2 394 Sun 01 Dec 23:54/26 CEEFAX INTERVIEWS BOBBY ROBSON: 7/7 Q: Do you fancy getting Liverpool in the Cup Winnjts' Cup draw soon? A: Wj won't be afraid of them but I would rathjt meet them later. If you are asking mj would I like to avoid them, then yes I would. Thjte might be one two easier passages than Liverpool but if you can knock them out now, that's also a bonus. Dangerous opponents for sure. They call them adversarios hike. In Ronaldo, we have have got a special player though. FULL ROBSON PROFILE ON PAGES 391-39 Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 3 A-Z Index Headlines Football Main Menu