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Linton,
Stevie
Stevie,
Monday
Fletch, Rob
McCaffrey
Linton,
Curtis |
GS: Curtis Alexander (Chucky Venice) Terry Keach (Andrew Dennis) Rob
McCaffrey (as himself) Rodney Marsh (as
himself) Dave Clark (as himself) Lynda grudgingly
meets Linton as he
arrives on his motorbike at the Lair. Since Jeff came on
board, Spurs, Charlton, Villa and Barcelona have all made offers for Fletch, and Karl
is keen to be Barca's new star striker. Lynda warns Jeff if he wants his
association with the club to continue, he will make the deals go away, as
Fletch isn't for sale. Lynda adds how will his clients react when they hear
the club won't deal with him when it's time to negotiate their contracts? Monday takes
Linton into the dressing room, and Stevie wants to
know why Linton chose the same club as him. Linton sinisterly wants to be on
good terms with Stevie. Curtis agrees to
£35K a week, with his agent Terry surprised
by his blasé attitude. Monday doesn't take kindly to Jeff turning up
in his office asking him to put Fletch in the shop window, and angrily
berates Fletch that for this he will play in a reserve game against Southend.
Jeff gets on to his contact at Barcelona, saying with Fletch out he has
another client they would like - Danny. Stevie
goes to Lynda with his concerns about Linton, having experienced his
behaviour in the past. Lynda puts it down to Linton's breakdown after his
son's death, and says he is here on a trial as a favour to his brother.
Stevie freaks when he sees Linton talking to Nikki and warns
her away from him, something she doesn't thank him for. Worried about his sole
performance in training, Linton tries to persuade Curtis to join him at the
next session to show what they can do. Curtis is apprehensive but turns up
and the team are impressed. After seeing the team sheet that he won't even be
starting for Southend but on the bench, Fletch skips the game. Lynda agrees
with Monday that they will sign Linton on a pay-as-you-play basis. Fletch
switches on You're On Sky Sports and listens as he takes a hammering over his
perceived lack of loyalty to the club. Karl phones up the show to the
surprise of the hosts and the watching Lynda, Jeff and Jamie. After a
tongue-lashing for the club’s management, Karl adds he wants to play in
Jeff tells Danny to forget
Barcelona and spins it that he can make him Harchester's most valuable
player, more than even Fletch. The time has come for the Alexander brothers
to sign their contracts, however Curtis does a disappearing act as soon as
Linton has signed first, and Lynda knows he had no intention of signing.
Linton storms Curtis's hotel room, knowing they only ever really wanted him,
while Curtis tries to explain he did this to get Linton back in the game at
their mom’s plea. Lynda decides to cover Curtis's
pulling out with Danny's new deal, alongside the signing of Linton. When
Fletch sees it reported how Barcelona had offered ten million for Danny, he
realises Jeff has shafted him, and gatecrashes the press conference to fly at
Jeff. Fletch is physically dragged out, and attempts to contact his old
managerial contacts including John Gregory, Alan Curbishley and Glen Hoddle.
When he has no luck reaching any of them, Fletch realises he has burned a lot
of bridges. Notes: Best Known
For: Chucky/Charles Venn wrote and starred in his one man show "Ali The Greatest"
(2003), transferred to Earl's Park FC as Tremaine Gidigbi in
"Footballers' Wives" (2006), Hollywood blockbusters "The
Bourne Ultimatum" (2007) and "The Dark Knight" (2008) and
further regular TV roles in "EastEnders" as Ray Dixon (2012-13) and
Jacob Masters in "Casualty" (2015-present) The Best: Fletch on “You’re On…” giving his view that he
has no real friends at Harchester because Lynda Block is still there, and
refers to Monday as a wet-behind-the-ears manager. Foreshadowing: Stevie begins to tell Monday that something happened with Linton at
Charlton which the press didn't get hold of, but they are interrupted. Curtis
returns to PSG, where his manager Patrick Doyle comes to Harchester in 5.22 Changing Places, with Curtis following to sign for real in 6.1 It Could Be You
Additional
Info: Lynda reminds Jeff he
represents seven of their first team regulars, which is roughly £35M
business they've put his way in the last couple of years. Surprise!: The revelation that Linton was responsible for the scar on Stevie's
scalp. Soundtrack: Limp Bizkit: "Take A Look Around" and
"Rollin'", Chicane:
"Lost You Somewhere" |
