I had it in my contract when I joined Barcelona from Spurs that I'd wear the No.8 shirt Bernd Schuster said no, so I took Diego Maradona's No.10 instead': Scotland hero recalls replacing Argentinian legend at Barca in 1984

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"The club was similar to Tottenham at the time, in that they hadn't won the league title in over a decade... They wanted to win the league. They explained that before I went there."
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"Myself and Bernd Schuster were the two allocated foreigners... which gave me such confidence. He bet his job on me, as Barcelona didn't suffer fools."
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"I scored immediately: my first goal was against Real Madrid on my debut and we won 3-0. There was a big doubt hanging over me until that point."
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