definitely deserved a few more honours during his time here. can anyone confirm how his achilles injury came about? a few comments about brightwell from city but i could have sworn he got injured on england duty, possibly in finland. can anyone confirm?
Yes it was for England. Around 91. I can't remember the game though.
In this day an age what with an advance in medical procedures he may well have recovered enough so that he could have still performed like he did previously (same with Lawrenson whose achilles went when he was 28).
Souness was offered 4 million for Barnes from Marseille after the injury and refused.
He would have accepted if it was 6 million, I remember.
Although still a quality player he was never the same after that injury.
And in our last league winning season he was great.
Anyone with the video "The John Barnes Story', can't you rip it into a digital file and upload it onto the internet - so we can all see it?