Newcastle United boss Kevin Keegan has revealed how he managed to convince Danny Sturridge to commit to Manchester City.

He said: "At Man City, the lad Daniel Sturridge who came on recently, we had to fight off three or four clubs for him because everyone thought, at 15, he was an outstanding talent.

"I allowed him to train with the first team for a couple of days. You have got to do these things if you want the best kids and, while it is admirable to do it the other way, saying they have got to want to play for Newcastle, for all the right reasons, unfortunately everyone knows who the best kids are and everyone wants them.

"Man City were doing exactly what Newcastle are doing now and everyone was saying that morally you should not be going into the transfer market for kids, but the clubs that were doing it were getting all the best players."