"He came down on the Friday morning and he trained with us and he played in the five-a-side. To be honest he wasn't very good. Triallists come and go and I thought this was going to be the same thing and we wouldn't see him again.

"We turn up the next day to play against Leeds and he's named on the subs bench, which I thought was a bit strange.

"After about twenty minutes I get a calf strain and it's me that comes off for Ali Dia.

"It was unbelievable. He ran round the pitch like Bambi on ice, he was so embarrassing to watch Graeme Souness actually had to take him off again after half time: he was that bad. It was a great wind up, I bet he was just chuffed to get out on the pitch."