Johan Cruyff would tell the story of looking for a technically skilful holding midfielder in the Barcelona reserves in 1990. They told me this boy Pep was the best, so I looked for him in the B team but he didn't play... physically ' And I said: He will grow.
Phil wasn't the biggest, said Allen. Physically there was no way he could compete. But he was smart enough to work around that... it wasn't wise or prudent to push him into overage groups where it was significantly more physical.
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