Italian superagent Andrea D'Amico has revealed how Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones played a role in the transfer of Rino Gattuso from Rangers back to his homeland. The World Cup winner was brought to Ibrox by Walter Smith in 1997, but was shipped out to Salernitana a year later in a £4 million deal because Dick Advocaat didn't rate him.
From there, he went on to move to AC Milan and won two Champions Leagues, two Serie A titles and that 2006 World Cup with his country. D'Amico was a young, struggling agent back then and he revealed the unusual story of how the transfer of Gattuso helped him build his profile...with a little help from the original James Bond and the famous Hollywood actress.
He recalled: "I was a very good friend of the former president of Glasgow Rangers, David Murray. In 1998 he told me that the manager no longer wanted Gattuso in the team and could I negotiate a transfer? I didn't even know him. I met Rino at the Hilton in Glasgow and in 30 days I transferred him to Salernitana and after six months to Milan, with whom he won everything.
