When the call came from Sam Allardyce, Gordon Strachan didn't hesitate. So on Friday afternoon the former Leeds captain and league title winner found himself driving home from Elland Road hoping for a miracle.
'Sam called and asked me to go and talk to the players at Leeds,' Strachan tells Mail Sport.
'What a pleasure it was. To talk to them and watch them train in the sun, to see good players at work. I was never going to say no to that invitation.
'I had a chat with them at Sam's request and what I said is private.