'It happened!' Dean Saunders confirms incredible tale of how Brian Clough tried to sign him for Nottingham Forest

Brian Clough
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When Dean Saunders left Derby County in 1991, his options were plentiful.

The Welsh striker eventually joined Liverpool for a British record fee of £2.9m, but not before he’d spoken to Leeds United, Everton and Nottingham Forest, managed at the time by Brian Clough.

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Chris Flanagan
Senior Staff Writer

Chris joined FourFourTwo in 2015 and has reported from more than 20 countries, in places as varied as Ivory Coast and the Arctic Circle. He's interviewed Pele, Zlatan and Santa Claus (it's a long story), as well as covering the World Cup, AFCON and the Clasico. He previously spent 10 years as a newspaper journalist, and completed the 92 in 2017.