On 6 October, he was fined £90,000 after missing a match to attend his father's 50th birthday as well as criticizing George Graham in the media.
6. listopada 1997. ga je klub kaznio s 90.000 funti zbog propuštanja utakmice kako bi proslavio očev 50. rođendan te zbog kritiziranja trenera Georgea Grahama u medijima.