Played For NUFC: 2007 - 2010. Appearances: 54, Goals: 3 Won Champions League: 2000, 2002, Real Madrid Newcastle have undoubtedly signed worse players than Geremi down the years but has it ever felt like we overpaid for a free transfer? Sam Allardyce bizarrely handed him the club captaincy and a pivotal role in our midfield despite the Cameroon international barely being able to cart himself around the pitch. What bemused us the most was that Geremi arrived at St James' Park as a two-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid and a former nominee for the ballon D'or. Ex-Madrid boss Vincente Del Bosque even paid tribute to him in Spanish newspaper AS Marca, remarking thathe and Steve McManaman were two of the most important players at the Bernabeu as they kept the dressing room 'united'. Lamentably for Geremi he never made it onto the pitch in the 2000 final despite being named as a substitute and wasn't even in the Madrid squad in 2002. No human being is that lucky.
