Peter Beardsley did it, and he telegraphed it too, that day we (Newcastle) played at Anfield and Pedro ran to cheer The Kop! That is as big a "come and get me" I can ever remember.Prior to that Alan Kennedy and Terry McDermott went to the pot of gold at the end of the Anfield rainbow.
To be honest, I always liked Hamann. Although a German, he had a Geordie mentality and never shurked a single tackle during his time at St James' Park ... unlike a certain Scott Parker.
He joined us in 1998 and spent a year at the club under Kenny Dalglish, making 31 appeances and scoring 5 goals. An established German international and how can we forget his goal against England in 2000 that ended Keegan's managerial career?
Hamann wanted to leave City in the summer to return to Germany but no-one came in for him. And he is now producing probably the best football of his career.
City jumped up to second place in the Premiership yesterday ... foiling our bid to do the same tonight. If we win tonight we cannot sneek above them.
Hamann insists City must keep up their excellent start to the season at Eastlands to have any hope of qualifying for Europe.