When you have a chance to join clubs who are involved in the Champions' League every season, you have to consider itI'm sure everyone must see the logic in that. Reports also emerged at the time stating that McManaman's decision making process was significantly shaped by Roy Evans' complete departure from the club in mid-November 1998,[98] as Liverpool would be commencing on a new era and tactical style under Houllier and it dovetailed with McManaman's desire to time his move that year, rather than to sign an extension and move a year later. Modelling contracts and deals with fashion labels like Top Man, Hugo Boss and Armani culminated in their collective nickname, the "Spice Boys". Follow. [95] While stating that he would have preferred that the player stayed, he said that the club had to respect McManaman's decision to exercise his right to leave at the end of his contract and conceded that he would have to replace the player,[96] ultimately stating that McManaman's departure was inevitable and the only chance of keeping him would be if he (McManaman) decided to sign a 12-month contract extension having failed to secure a move to the club of his choice, saying: "If I was the manager of Real Madridor Barcelona or any leading clubI would want to have Steve McManaman in my side," he said.[97]. STEVE McManaman says that the devastating loss of his mother Irene to breast cancer will haunt him forever. By 1995, McManaman was accused of struggling to repeat his fine club form with his country, drawing comparisons to his mentor at Liverpool, John Barnes. [357] McManaman spent a month in 2018 travelling around Europe, the US and Asia, promoting the competition. [405], In addition to his native English, McManaman speaks Spanish, which he learnt during his time playing for Real Madrid. 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[127], "[McManaman was] the best midfield player in the country for three or four years. [78] In January 1999, it was reported that McManaman was talking to Real with the player reportedly offered 60,000 a week and nearly 2million as a signing-on fee. Steve McManaman is another who doesn't play the fame game too seriously. Learn How rich is He in this year and [] [79] On 30 January, McManaman passed a medical and signed an official pre-contract with the club which would make him the best-paid British footballer to date. Often considered one of the greatest English players of all time, Barnes currently works as an author, commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. He had his ways of training and ways of acting and all managers have different ways of doing things; it's the same with club managers. Pitched unwittingly into the mayhem, McManaman must feel as if he has left the Spice Boys for Oasis. In 200304, along with team-mates Claude Makll (where McManaman was initially included in the exchange as part of Madrid's deal with Chelsea),[237] Fernando Hierro (who signed for Bolton Wanderers like Ivan Campo[238] did both based on McManaman's advice[239][240]) and later Fernando Morientes (who said McManaman was instrumental in selling Liverpool F.C. [386], The situation was further aggravated by stories of McManaman and best friend Robbie Fowler's lifestyles off the pitch following an interview with the magazine Loaded, which depicted the duo as hedonists[387] and 'scally' characters, as well as stories about McManaman and Fowler's lack of decorum and disruptive influence in the dressing room. John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. The couple celebrated their wedding on 6 June 2002, in Mallorca's Palma Cathedral. . I mean, he would mention Alan Shearer and other major opposing players in team talks but never with any fear. "They are adored. 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It proved a successful decision as McManaman began mesmerising defences with runs that were later to become hallmarks of the Liverpool side of the 1990s. Keegan took McManaman's new career at Madrid as a basis to reinstate his confidence in him, and handed him a coveted free role ahead of Euro 2000,[302] stating that "in the past we compromised him but [following McManaman's UEFA Champions League success], we said 'we'll fit in with you, you've earned that chance'. [1] He grew up as an Everton supporter,[9] with his boyhood heroes in football being the Everton players Bob Latchford and Duncan McKenzie. Discover Steve McManaman's Wiki Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. The boy has always been blessed with marvellous stamina and he has the confidence to go past players. [143], On 1 July 1999, after 364 appearances and 66 goals for Liverpool, McManaman transferred to Real Madrid as Guus Hiddink's last signing (before being sacked, and while the club was under president Lorenzo Sanz). Other factors for his loss of form included his later being restricted to substitute appearances (as Houllier wanted to cut the side's dependency on his gameplay and replace him,[4]) as well as suffering a loss of confidence in certain games where even the home fans turned against him over the contract debacle, with some labelling him a "traitor" and a Judas figure. [15] He made his Liverpool debut under Dalglish as a substitute for Peter Beardsley in the Football League First Division on 15 December 1990, in a 20 league win over Sheffield United at Anfield,[16] and made his full debut the following season (by which time Graeme Souness had become the new manager)[13] in a 21 win over Oldham Athletic; a game in which The Guardian newspaper reported that he "ran his legs into the ground" all day and assisted his mentor Barnes in scoring the late winner by flicking on Mark Walters' cross. "[296] Hoddle also arranged for McManaman to meet a disabled fan (and thus fulfil his lifelong wish of meeting McManaman) while the fan was on the verge of death, in 1997,[citation needed] though the story only broke a year after Hoddle had been sacked from the England job for alleged disparaging comments about disabled people. He was one of the lowest earners at Anfield (for years), despite being the top player, because he'd refused to sign a new contract. [183] McManaman was also primarily deployed as a left-winger in this season (with Figo on the right), with the press noting that "the 'telepathy' McManaman and Roberto Carlos displayed down Madrid's left flank flummoxed almost every team they played. [351] In May 2010, McManaman played for the Real Madrid Veteranos against Milan's Glorie team for charity known as the Corazon Classic, in front of a crowd of 80,000 at the Santiago Bernabu, and in an all-star game featuring Emilio Butragueo, Lus Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Chendo, Alfonso, Paolo Maldini, Cafu, Rui Costa and other world-class football stars. The 19-year-old McManaman quickly became a regular first team player in the 199192 season, making 51 appearances in total in only his first full seasonopportunities in the first team coming as a result of then manager Souness' decision to sell several ageing players;[18][19] as well as when John Barnes suffered a career threatening achilles tendon injury. [381] In 2016, McManaman served as a co-commentator for Euro 2016 on ESPN alongside Ian Darke for England games as well as a pundit in the studio. Steve McManman got married to his long time girlfriend Victoria Edwards in 2002. Jamie Carragher defended McManaman in his autobiography, stating that at the time: "Despite being accused of greed, Macca also lost money to secure the move. [263] Nonetheless, though McManaman failed to score a single goal for City, his earlier successes enabled him to end his career across all his three clubs with a total of 566 appearances, scoring 80 goals,[264] and with 182 assists, 142 of those coming in his time at Liverpool. [128] Both Rob Jones[129][130] Robbie Fowler also gave two interviews in 201213 in which he stated McManaman was the greatest player they ever played alongside,[131] also stating that he had played with many, many great players, the best of whom was McManaman. He was often criticised, however, for his inability to score many goals, although he would later improve upon this element of his game during the peak of his career. [396][397], McManaman married his longtime girlfriend, Victoria Edwards, a barrister and law lecturer (who taught at the Complutense University of Madrid[398] during her time in Madrid with McManaman), on 6 June 2002, in Mallorca's Palma Cathedral. Keegan eventually decided on deploying McManaman on the left-wing on several occasions in 1999[301] and under Keegan, McManaman finally broke his international goal scoring duck when he scored twice on 4 September 1999 in the 60 Euro 2000 qualifier victory over Luxembourg, again, at Wembley. [157] McManaman and the team then returned to Spain and established themselves as the side that went all the way to the 2000 Champions League final under new coach Vicente del Bosque, who had replaced John Toshack in November. Steve McManaman (born 11 February 1972) is a former English football player. [297], After Kevin Keegan was appointed as England manager, he quickly reinstated McManaman to the England starting lineup,[298] further adding that he thought McManaman was one of the best midfielders in Europe.[299]. McManaman was born in Bootle, Liverpool. Victoria is a well-known Spanish barrister and law lecturer who taught at the Complutense University of Madrid. [136][137], In 2012, as part of the FA Premier League 20 Seasons Awards, Steve McManaman was named on the shortlist for the award of best right midfielder,[138] which was eventually won by Cristiano Ronaldo. [105] His form dipped at times, largely due to a combination of injuries (his first recurrent achilles injuries for over five years having set in after years of playing constantly[106])where he had already missed an entire month from mid-November, only to return and reluctantly limp off the pitch (as Captain)[107] following a tackle by future Liverpool player Dietmar Hamann on his return game on Boxing Day (another compound injury that sidelined him for another month). According to El Pas, fans saluted him with their 'white handkerchiefs' (as a terrace favourite) after he scored a long-range high volley from a Roberto Carlos cross against Real Oviedo in 2001. [394], McManaman's grandfather was a bookmaker and his father (in the printing and publishing business) described the family as having "horseracing in their blood". I think he's fantastic, he's certainly a great asset from our point of viewWe don't pick the England team but I see him as the perfect linkman in the international team. "[61], In August 1997, Liverpool, having been unable to agree a new contract with McManaman and fearing that the player might leave on a Bosman free transfer, finally accepted a 12million bid for the player from Barcelona;[62][63] Barcelona had previously tried (and failed) to sign McManaman twice before (after the 1996 FA Cup Final and after Euro 96). When I arrived it was his final year and I didn't want to punish him in any way for that, although I might have done with another player. McManaman's agent during the 1990s, Simon Fuller and 19 Management[85]of which McManaman was his first football client[86]helped him negotiate a settlement. Bob McManaman, Arizona Republic. 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