'He disappeared halfway through a medical!' The footballer who got away
Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett tells a bizarre story about a potential signing who had a change of heart and left halfway through his medical.
The player - who remains unnamed - had his head turned by another club offering more money.
"We had one (signing) that took about five weeks and we had a medical and he got through half of the medical and he disappeared," he recalled.
"I won't name the name but he ended up in Scotland two days later signing for another team. You've just got to take it on the chin and crack on."
This clip isoriginally from 5 live Sport, Tuesday 4th August 2015.
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