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“AFTER WADDLE I WAS UP NEXT, BUT GERMANY DIDN’T MISS ONE SINGLE PENALTY”

How do you think you are remembered as a player?

I’ve probably gone a little bit under the radar. I was a quiet and unassuming guy, but I still won 11 league titles, 10 in the top flight: two in England with Everton, one in France with Marseille and seven in Scotland with Rangers – and my first was a Third Division title with Burnley. I may have been a silent character, but I was also a serial winner. I had a strong work ethic and I was dedicated to winning.

Which was your favourite league title?

It has to be the very first one with Everton in the 1984-85 season – we emerged out of the shadows to topple Liverpool, who were the dominant force in

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