A Tale of the Unexpected ; Lennon Was Sure Shunsuke Would Go Last Summer but by Snubbing Hotter Climes He Brought a Warm Glow to Paradise
Mail on Sunday › November 27, 2006
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NEIL LENNON firmly believed the that only way he would see Shunsuke Nakamura become a Champions League hero this season was on a television highlights programme, scoring for one of the competition's Spanish giants.
For when the Celtic captain sat down the SPL trophy and said sayonara to his colleague last May, he suspected Nakamura would not return to Glasgow for the new season. Withdrawn in the dressing room, his English fragmented at best, and offered the chance of an escape route to warmer climes in La Liga after just 10 months in Scotland, Nakamura was odds-against, in Lennon's mind, to favour a second campaign here.See the full content of this document
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A Tale of the Unexpected ; Lennon Was Sure Shunsuke Would Go Last Summer but by Snubbing Hotter Climes He Brought a Warm Glow to Paradise
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell had other ideas,of course,and jetted to South Korea for talks over a longer, improved contract while Nakamura prepared for the World Cup. UEFA Cup winners Seville, among others, were snubbed when the mercurial midfielder committed himself to Celtic - and Lennon has been grateful ever since, even if he finds those feelings hard to express to every Parkhead fan's favourite Japanese boy.
'I thought he mig...See the full content of this document
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