Names of the Nineties: Emerson Arriving at a time of great promise at Middlesbrough, Brazilian midfielder Emerson would become a cult hero in a single season at the Cellnet
How Middlesbrough’s mid-1990s transfers changed English football Middlesbrough had money and a bright young manager in Bryan Robson. Juninho, Emerson and Ravanelli arrived and the top flight was never the same again