NOLBERTO SOLANO “I USED TO DRIVE BOBBY ROBSON MAD. HE’D SAY, ‘WHO’S BLOODY PLAYING THAT TRUMPET?’”
You joined Newcastle from Boca Juniors in 1998 – did your move to England make the Premier League popular in Peru?
There haven’t been many Peruvian players in England, so going to play in one of Europe’s best competitions meant I was high profile. A lot of people started following the Premier League because I was in it. Newcastle were and still are hugely popular in Peru, and you still get a lot of people walking around Lima in Newcastle shirts!
Peru qualified for both the 1978 and 1982 World Cups during your childhood. Did that inspire you?
