John Salako

FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL

WINGING IT: John Salako in action for Crystal Palace against Wolves in 1995
PICTURE: PA Images

WHEN I was coaching at Crystal Palace in 2015-16, Aaron Wan- Bissaka was a winger in the reserves.
He was struggling, and Alan Pardew was thinking about releasing him. We were literally having conversations about how he was failing and probably wouldn’t make the standard.
Then, one day, somebody said ‘Why don’t you have a go at right-wing back?’. Aaron agreed, did well, and then it was ‘What a...