Neil Danns was impressed by Neil Warnock as he prepared to sign for Crystal Palace. Having opted against putting pen to paper with Nottingham Forest after a phone call with the Palace manager, Danns was “excited about joining” a “club with rich history.”
When he spoke to Warnock, he tried to impress him - to highlight the “extra work” he’d been doing between clubs.
“‘Look,’” Warnock told him bluntly, “‘I’m not bothered about that. I just want you to get down here.’”
Danns was hooked. He reflects over 12 years later, Warnock was “no-nonsense, straight to the point, and that’s the sort of person I am.