noticed this!!
he really has no idea obvioulsy
CRAIG BROWN last night admitted he turned down the chance to sign £15million Manchester United new boy Phil Jones for Motherwell.
Jones has passed a medical although the deal has hit a late snag with Blackburn and United arguing over his fee..
And Brown, now Aberdeen manager, was recommended the Blackburn rookie centreback last summer.
But at the time Brown was happy with his central defensive partnership of Stephen Craigan and Mark Reynolds.
The 19-year-old Englishman, who had not played a first-team game at Ewood Park at that point, was offered on loan by former Rovers' boss Sam Allardyce. He also recommended Grant Hanley - now a Scotland cap - and striker Nick Blackman.
Brown decided to take Blackman but felt well enough covered to leave Jones and Hanley at Blackburn.
The Dons boss told Record Sport: "I was in Qatar with big Sam working on the World Cup for Al Jazeera and he told me all about the three of them.
"A year ago they were on the fringe of the first team but we could have had them.
"But I decided to go for Blackman because I felt we were okay at centre half with Craigan and Reynolds. We needed a striker, so we went for Nick.
"It shows how things can change quickly but at the time it was right for Motherwell."