I’d have to think hard here but Ginola may be the last exciting player we signed already knowing what we were getting in advance? and obviously Klinsmann before that? Certainly all pre ENIC years...Has anyone any players to add that I may have over looked?
Jermain Defoe's return in January 2009 was pretty exciting; especially with all the problems we had in the season up to that point. And we certainly knew what were getting!
Come to think of it, Harry Redknapp's appointment was a pretty exciting time. I will never forget the moment I turned on the radio on the Sunday morning just before the Bolton game to find out that Ramos had been sacked and Harry was our new manager. And the way Harry turned things around for us was just amazing. I have never known another manager to have that much of an impact that quickly. Deserves to be remembered as one of the best managers in the club's history for that season alone.