Alessandro Pistone was signed by Newcastle in 1997 and spent three years at St. James’ Park. He insists that he was ‘living his dream’ at Newcastle, but was shown the cold shoulder by then manager Ruud Gullit.
Pistone was on Tyneside for three years making 45 league appearances for the Magpies between 1997 and 2000 and he helped guide Newcastle to the FA Cup final in 1998. However, once Gullit was made manager in 1998, he was quickly frozen out of first-team activity.
In quotes from ChronicleLive, Pistone spoke on the ordeal saying: “We didn’t like each other, but I never understood why.