Quote Originally Posted by BOBN View Post
ian wright on his radio show (absolute radio) about 2 weeks ago stopped a caller in his tracks who was crediting rioch with the bergkamp signing and said he was a dein signing. added that dein knew the club had to make a statement at that point in time and went out and did it, and he couldnt just "let rioch take the credit for it". even tho tbf its well known that wright and rioch didnt get on.

can you imagine arsenal absolutely shattering their transfer record on the say so of some unproven lower-league boss before hed even completed one competitive match with the club? behave yourselves. and im not even one of these dein cock-suckers.

and on top of that I remember, not even a teenager, watching inter milan just to see bergkamp play. yes he would later been known as a flop but he was still a class apart in terms of technique. whether it was dein, rioch or wenger... you didnt need to be a genius to spot and buy bergkamp.
Rioch at the time was a very good manager, his Bolton team had beaten top sides like Liverpool and ourselves in the cups (amongst others) and were great to watch with the likes of McAteer, Thompson and Stubbs.

Dein was no doubt involved but to suggest a player is signed without the manager's say so at Arsenal is incorrect IMO.