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Article: football: Sir John proves the perfect foil for Keegan football: Only one man could have vetoed the decision to sell Andy Cole . Glenn Moore meets the Newcastle chairman `My first thought was "What!?". But now I think it [Cole's transfer] is a good deal' `Football means so much to us. It is part of our lives. It is tribalism and we are the Mohicans'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 14, 1995
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Like everybody else, Sir John Hall was shocked at finding that
Kevin Keegan wanted to sell Andy Cole. Unlike everybody else, Sir
John, as chairman of Newcastle United, could have said, "No".
Instead he stuck to his guiding management principle and told
Keegan: "If you think it is right for the club, go ahead."
In football, as in business, Sir John believes in appointing the
best man and giving him the power to get on with it. Thus, though he
was surprised by Keegan's decision to sell Newcastle's leading scorer
and cult hero to Manchester United, he backed him.
"My first thought was `What!?' " Sir John admitted this week. "But
now I think it is a good deal." So do the Newcastle public, ...