Scouting on YouTube

[Matt]

So it's not just us who scout players/rate players/find out about players (Kaebi) on YouTube;

ASTONISHED Kevin Keegan was told to research Newcastle’s last two signings on the INTERNET!

Keegan was summoned to St James’s Park on Monday to be told the club were close to signing Spanish striker Xisco and Uruguay’s Ignacio Gonzalez.

When the Toon boss angrily claimed he had never heard of them he was told to search on YouTube.

A friend of Keegan said: “Kevin was called in and told the club were about to finalise deals for two players.

“When he asked who they were he was stunned to discover he had never heard of them.

“He felt they were non-entities, not the kind of players who could make any impact in the Premier League.

Click here to see the YouTube video for yourself

“He voiced his doubts and was told he should look them up on YouTube so he could see what he was getting.

“Even then he struggled to find any footage.

“But that was just typical of the way things were going at the end of his time at Newcastle. Kevin felt undermined and humiliated. It was as if he didn’t matter, that he was just some kind of pawn that Tony Jimenez and Dennis Wise could move about or ignore.

“It got to the stage where he couldn’t work with them any more and had to get out.”

Keegan contacted several players on Wednesday thanking them for support during “the hardest time I've ever experienced in football”.

As one source close to Keegan explained: “He had been treated like a dog. He had to front up all the decisions that had been taken behind his back because nobody was big enough to step out of the shadows.

“First he tells the fans James Milner is a vital part of his plans. Then, when he’s sold, it was Kevin who had to go in front of the fans again and say ‘Trust me’.

“He felt there was only so many times he could ask for that trust, especially when the likes of Jimenez and Wise were cutting him off at the knees.

“His position became impossible. He hated what was happening at the club he loved . . . so he had to get out.”

[Corky]

He should have smashed Wise's head with the keyboard. That would've made everyone feel better.

It is a farce with these "Youtube" signings though, I'm not surprised he's pissed off.