Garry Brady does not tend to get stopped when he walks down the street, but the former Newcastle United winger was once rated as one of the 'brightest prospects in British football' by the BBC. He also happened to 'really p-- off' Alan Sugar.
Long before the days of the Apprentice, Sugar was the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur and Brady was one of the jewels of the club's academy. It did not take much to make Sugar angry, even back then, but the billionaire hit the roof when he learned that Newcastle United had reached a pre-contract agreement with Brady in 1998.
It was a simpler time. Brady did not have a mobile phone - let alone an agent - when compatriot Kenny Dalglish first rang the landline in his flat in London to test the waters. The Newcastle boss just so happened to be Brady's childhood hero so there was only ever going to be one answer.
