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Josh O'Brien

Graeme Souness on why he planted a Galatasaray flag at Fenerbahce and nearly sparked riot

Graeme Souness was known for his fiery temper during his playing days and that fearlessness carried over into his managerial career, most notably while at the helm of Turkish giants Galatasaray.

As a player, Souness was the beating heart of the dominant Liverpool side of the late 1970s while the pinnacle of his management career came in his home country as he spearheaded Rangers to three league titles in the late 80s. Nowadays, the former Scotland international is most commonly soon in the Sky Sports studio on punditry duty, but things were drastically different back in the mid-1990's while he was a manager.

Souness had just come out of a three-year spell at the helm of the club he is most synonymous with in Liverpool and sought a new challenge away from English football. He duly found one in the form of Gala, who appointed the ex-Reds midfielder as their manager in the summer of 1995. It is there where arguably Souness the manager is remembered most fondly, having etched his name into Turkish football folklore forever in one switch, sudden but shocking act.

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