Football quiz: test your knowledge of the game’s most remarkable phone calls

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1.Which England hopeful admitted to telling Thomas Tuchel he was wrong to leave him out of the squad in a phone call this March?
Cole Palmer
Eberechi Eze
Jack Grealish
Morgan Gibbs-White
2.Why did Roy Keane opt against signing Robbie Savage for Sunderland, after calling the then-Blackburn midfielder to discuss a move?
Savage was eating during the call
Savage didn’t pick up and his voicemail message irritated Keane
Savage’s battery died during the conversation
Savage put Keane on speaker phone in his car without asking
3.What phone-based theme connects Sean Dyche, José Mourinho and Unai Emery?
They all use a Nokia 3210 for work calls, to avoid distractions
They have all answered a journalist’s phone in a press conference
They have all banned mobile phones from club training grounds
All three coaches claim to have been sacked via text message
4.Back in 2001, Sven-Göran Eriksson revealed David Beckham was likely to be made England captain on a prank call with a DJ pretending to be …
John Motson
Ulrika Jonsson
Kevin Keegan
David Beckham
5.Which former Premier League target man thought he was talking to Sean Dyche about a move to Burnley – only to discover it was a prank call from a schoolboy?
Grant Holt
Andy Carroll
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Amr Zaki
6.Ali Dia’s infamous single substitute appearance for Southampton came about through a phone call. But which legendary striker did Saints boss Graeme Souness think he was talking to?
Alan Shearer
Filippo Inzaghi
George Weah
Jürgen Klinsmann
7.Gary Lineker revealed that he once turned down an offer from which legendary manager in a brief phone call?
Brian Clough
Sir Alex Ferguson
Johan Cruyff
Arrigo Sacchi
8.Which former Tottenham manager found out his days at the club were numbered after getting a mid-match text message from his nephew?
Glenn Hoddle
Juande Ramos
Martin Jol
André Villas-Boas
9.Wayne Rooney revealed earlier this year that Sir Alex Ferguson texts him every time …
Manchester United lose a game
Rooney appears on the BBC as a pundit
Manchester United sign a player
Rooney gets sacked from a managerial job
10.Which former Manchester United player once responded to a string of prank callers by posting their phone numbers and pictures on Twitter?
Ryan Giggs
Gary Neville
Wayne Rooney
Paul Scholes
11.“I thought it was a scam initially, that the lads were just trying to wind me up” – which surprise England call-up trotted out this well-worn phrase earlier this year?
Dan Burn
Jordan Henderson
James Trafford
Trevoh Chalobah
12.Finally, why was Ukrainian player Volodymyr Kozlenko suspended in 2015?
He ran up a hefty bill calling his wife on the manager’s office phone
He refused to wear a shirt sponsored by a mobile phone company
He was seen making calls and checking his phone during a game
He was caught prank calling an opposition manager before a match