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Inside Duncan Ferguson’s Unseen Battle: How Ruud Gullit and Glenn Hoddle Sparked a Shocking Move from Everton to Newcastle

Inside Duncan Ferguson’s Unseen Battle: How Ruud Gullit and Glenn Hoddle Sparked a Shocking Move from Everton to Newcastle

In this pre-social media age, an emotional Ferguson would write a two-page farewell letter in the club’s magazine, insisting that he would never forget them.

Ruud Gullit had previously tried to sign Ferguson at Chelsea (Image credit: Getty Images)

“My preference was to stay where I was,” Ferguson tells FourFourTwo as he recalls ths move, 27 years on. “But Everton needed a few quid, I was a saleable asset and Ruud Gullit had tried to get me previously, at Chelsea.

“It came about quickly. Newcastle bid £7 million, with another million to come if I played 20 or 30 games; Everton were getting the £7m up front, and that was going to help the club.

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