Ooof that's a blast from the past! That Derby side was fun to watch with Kinkladze in the team too!
Kallstrom - Kerr midfield with Mike Duff at right-back
Ravanelli for a couple of years too!
Wasn't he a fan favourite at Cottbus
He absolutely was. In general his quality was far too good for that team. But occasionally he made mistakes that became legendary like some of them in these video:
He was a failed "next Dasayev". Did quite well from 98-01 and won a somewhat debatable player of the year as the expectation started piling up. That seemed to turn him into an egomaniac, and i remember when various Serie A teams were after him, he turned down Lazio saying they weren't doing well and that he would sign for Juventus. He ended up at Hellas Verona in January 02, where he got a single start in half a season and got into a feud with the club over it, killing any chance of eventual success there, ending up was stuck for a couple of seasons outside of brief loans. Oleg Romantsev still picked him for the 2002 world cup desite being totally out of match practice, and his tree-like performance against a less talented Belgian team was a factor in elimination (though not tbf the main one of that disastrous campaign). After that he never managed a single thing, and jobbed around for years barely playing.
Forrest was also in goals for West Ham when United beat them 7-1 in 2000. Old Trafford not his favourite ground.
