Zidane. There was a standing joke about him having bought a house in Formby.
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During the 1990s, not a summer would go by without Zinedine Zidane being linked with Liverpool.
This, of course, despite the Reds not having Champions League football. And Zidane being more than a bit good.
Nevertheless, constant was the suggestion Zidane had been spotted at the airport.
Or that he had been seen buying a house in Formby. Or Southport.
The urban myth became such a running joke that even today, when a particularly daft transfer is mooted by the rumour mill, the old Zidane sighting is rolled out once more.