If we signed him when we had the chance, maybe losing at home to Benfica and Fiorentina, and drawing at home to Birmingham and Fulham, amid endless other embarrassing results during those years may never have happened.
But no we didn't. A point had to be proved to him, even when our alternatives were the mighty Le Tallec and later, the prolific El Zhar. Then he wouldn't have to go somewhere else, and we wouldn't draw up petitions about him today.
We let Rush go in 87, and brought him back in 88. It wasn't about proving a point, it was bringing a proven goalscorer back home for the benefit of the club. He wasn't as prolific when he returned, but he did his bit, and won the cup for us the year after.
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