i may be wrong, but i think they'd qualified for europe that season as runners-up of the german cup, so that was probably a factor. Pretty sure they were still in the "2. bundesliga" though, so it was a fairly odd move as you say.
was anyone else REALLY disappointed when he turned us down in 2004 in favour of moving to Germany? Or equally disappointed when we turned him down the following year?
really liked him in up front with leon in 2004