Newcastle United
signed teenage Portuguese international Hugo Viana for £8.5million
in June 2002.
Newcastle beat off the interests of lots of top clubs to secure
the services of the Sporting Lisbon star.
Viana is one of the hottest properties in world football, a
fact the England Under-21 team discovered to their cost when
Portugal, inspired by the superb Viana, dashed their hopes a
European Championship semi-final with a 3-1 victory.
