‘Marking Bergkamp and Wright completed me off. I couldn’t stroll for 3 days afterwards. I knew there was no manner I may play within the Premier League at 40’: Manchester United legend reveals how Arsenal duo compelled him into retirement
Manchester United legend Bryan Robson arrived at Middlesbrough in 1994 as player-manager with precisely 800 appearances below his belt for membership and nation.
Over the course of three seasons, Robson made simply 27 appearances for Boro – with 22 of these coming in his first time period on the membership. Although he hadn’t performed a single minute throughout the 1996/97 season, Robson determined to start out himself at centre-back at Highbury in opposition to Arsenal within the Premier League on New 12 months’s Day in 1997.
