“If you look at it pound for pound, you can’t buy anyone who attacks the ball like he does and score goals like he does. For the amount of money we spent and the service he has given us, it has got to be the best £700,000 [$1.2 million] that anyone has ever spent. He looks after himself when he is not at training, and he rarely misses games. You know what you’re getting with Brian.”
— Fulham coach Chris Coleman of his American striker Brian McBride, 34, who has just signed one-year extension with the club. Fulham bought McBride from MLS in 2004. McBride has scored 35 league and domestic cup goals for Fulham since his arrival. (ITV)