Can Souness Solve the Puzzle of the Man From Paradise? ; Newcastle Are Hoping the Real Laurent Robert Turnsup Today
Mail on Sunday › March 14, 2005
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WHEN Graeme Souness and 52,000 passionate Geordies gather at St James' Park today, they will be hoping that the right Laurent Robert turns up. For the man from the French paradise island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean remains, at the age of 29, the Premiership's biggest enigma.
He has style, panache and a dreamy left foot that can unleash the sort of brilliance that stunned Olympiakos in Newcastle United's UEFA Cup victory in Athens on Thursday. But he couples that with a Gallic shrug reminiscent of David Ginola at his most infuriating and his reluctance to accept defensive and as well as attacking duties has been a constant cause of conflict.See the full content of this document
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Can Souness Solve the Puzzle of the Man From Paradise? ; Newcastle Are Hoping the Real Laurent Robert Turnsup Today
Sir Bobby Robson, who bought Robert from Paris St Germain for Pounds 9.5 million in 2001, admitted he spent more time cajoling the Frenchma...
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