As a boy he supported Newcastle United and looked up to Andy Cole.

Andy Cole was the Premier League's top scorer with 34 goals from 40 games, and managed a club record total of 41 goals in all competitions.

However, this number went to Andy Cole at the start of the 1996-97 season, after which McClair wore the number 13 shirt.

He generally impressed in the match helping set up a goal for Andy Cole and hitting a powerful shot against the bar.

But things failed to improve in the 1995, and the sale of Andy Cole to Manchester United seemed to accelerate their fall from grace.

Just like Andy Cole and Roger Dunn, who participated in the fourth operation, the white file, and joined forces with Chance.

By this stage, Scholes was rated at £5million, and Blackburn had already rejected a part-exchange deal involving £7million-rated Andy Cole.

Andy Cole holds the record for the most goals scored in a season: 41 in the 1993-94 season in the Premier League.

England Manchester United's Andy Cole was beginning to feel the pressure.

What makes it worse was that yesterday Andy Cole scored 2 (out of his 3) goals when he was offside.