Steve Bruce

Romario was doing that on the way in the tunnel, you know, he was like, oh, my God.

As you were going out?

As we were going out, bouncing off his head.

I never got in a squad, never mind a cap.

In 95, Brian Robson was assistant to Terry Venables and they rang me.

They were playing Nigeria, I think, in a friendly.

at the end of a season in 95 and he rang me and Brian said, I've had a word with Terry and I said, Brian, thanks, but I just don't want it as a sympathy one, you know, I don't want it as a sympathy vote.

So I said no to it.

as I said, I didn't want a sympathy vote, but in 94, I had a bigger chance to play for Ireland.

You remember, 94, USA, 94.

Under Big Jack.

Big Jack got wind that my mother was Irish.

And I really, really thought, well, I said I would go.

And then Fergie put the block on it because I would have been foreign.

I would have been classed as a foreign.

I would have been a foreigner.

That's right, you were only allowed so many in the European League.

Three, it was three.

I swear it was three.

That's what I'm saying.