Premiership: 'I tried to sign Fowler before' - O'Leary

Robbie Fowler signed on at Leeds United this afternoon with manager David O’Leary admitting he initially tried to buy him as a replacement for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

The £11m England front man has signed a five-year contract after passing his medical last night, ending an association with Liverpool which stretches back throughout his professional career.