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“I WASN’T THE LAST STRIKER TO STRUGGLE AT CHELSEA – I SET A TREND”

You’re one of few players to have won titles in both England and Scotland. Do any stand out above the rest?

Not really, though I probably appreciated the titles I won at Celtic more than when I won the league at Blackburn. I was young when I joined Blackburn for what was then a British record transfer fee – the 1994 equivalent of Jack Grealish, just a bit better looking! Rovers were on the rise, so it was a wonderful time. It was the last 42-game season and one of the greatest title races, with Kenny Dalglish going head to head with Alex Ferguson. By the time I signed for Celtic I was much more worldly-wise and, of course, I’d struggled at Chelsea,

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