Former England West Ham head coach Harry Rednapp has recalled the story of how the then young Dynamo Kyiv striker Andriy Shevchenko was on his team's radar in 1994.
Harry Rednapp has recalled the story of how the then young Dynamo Kyiv striker Andriy Shevchenko was on his team's radar in 1994.
"What happened happened to me and Frank Lampard Sr. who was my assistant at the time.
"He helped bring in two players to watch, one of whom was Andriy Shevchenko. We agreed to play against Barnet's reserve team. Shevchenko scored two goals in that game and we liked him, but he cost about a million pounds at the time.
Andriy Shevchenko scored two goals in that game and we liked him, but he was worth about a million pounds at the time.
I remember talking to Frank afterwards and saying: "It's too expensive." He was only about 17 or 18 years old.
And he was only about 17 or 18 years old.
"In the end, we didn't get Shevchenko and then years later I was getting calls berating me for making that decision," talkSport quoted Rednapp as saying.