Sir Bobby Robson once said: "I think the world of the man, but I must admit, I turn up the TV when he phones me up to play me a song with that trumpet".
The 'Noise' Has Gone Out Of The Toon Dressing Room
A music lover, in the loosest term of the word, Nobby has "delighted" many a team-mate with his pre-match "blow".
Sam Allardyce: "We are all going to miss Nobby around the dressing room, but we will not miss that trumpet of his!
"I am reasonably satisfied at what we have been able to do in the transfer market in the summer. The only disappointing one for me was Nobby, but in the end it was the right thing to do.
Sam Allardyce: "We are all going to miss Nobby around the dressing room, but we will not miss that trumpet of his!
"I am reasonably satisfied at what we have been able to do in the transfer market in the summer. The only disappointing one for me was Nobby, but in the end it was the right thing to do.
"He needed to be with his wife and kids, who have moved to London.
"West Ham are a big club as well. He wanted that, and we received a fee for him.
"We had to let it go to the wire because without the two players we got in it could not have happened."
Solano is off to Lima this week to play for Peru against Colombia and Bolivia.