I recall the season for Arsenal when he scored in 5/6 games in a row at the start and genuinely looked like he was going to rip the league apart. I was upset Arsenal signed him when they did as he was hot property at the time and the Sevilla fans even stopped his car from leaving.
Scored two important goals at Real Madrid to win the league in the final game.
fecking hell. Remember his time at Arsenal well. Also remember him scoring a decisive goal for Real Madrid on the last day of the season, I think against Betis, to clinch the league under Capello.
Also remember him scoring and generally causing absolute havoc in a 4-2 win at the Bernabeu for Seville as a teenager. Nutmegged Roberto Carlos IIRC.
I can remember when they signed him & he fit in seamlessly, I honestly thought he’d be unstoppable there & had G.Nev not showed that the only way to defend him was to kick him I think he would have gone on to be fearsome for them.
He was one of the players I hated while at Arsenal as we were going head to head against them on a yearly basis. Class player on his day. 35 years old, far too young.