i wouldn't said Man Utd or SAF kill his promising career, but
whether he or Man Utd made a right decision in signing him might
have been the main thing, rememeber he was already losing ground as
a striker and was being used as a right midfielder at the ending
part of his Leeds days even thou he was used to formed a great
partnership with that Aust striker (kinda forgot at this point in
time) initially and also i wouldn't label him a "fox in the box"
kinda striker, he is not nibble enough to be rated as that.
i may be wrong here, but i kinda agreed with SAF when he decided to
make him a DM with his never said die, never sian in a tackle and
his super agressive natural it does seems to me to be a logic
choice, furthermore he wasn't going anywhere being a striker or a
right midfielder in Man Utd, cos with players like Ronaldo on the
right, Ronney, Ruud and Saha completing the 2 starting place as a
striker his future does seems dim unless something is being done to
his position, however even thou it might have been a great idea and
logic choice but sometimes great idea or logic choice doesn't equal
to correct and sucessful as far as football or any other sports are
concern...
