Twenty five years ago, Bill Fotherby made a phone call that changed English football.
The former Leeds United managing director asked about the availability of Manchester United defender Denis Irwin.
By the end of the day he had managed to send Eric Cantona on his way to Old Trafford.
Fotherby does not regret ringing up his Manchester United counterpart Martin Edwards after a request from then Leeds manager, Howard Wilkinson.
‘We were struggling,’ says the 86-year-old, still proudly wearing his Leeds blazer when we meet at his home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.