He never played for Newcastle United. And as a manager, he never won a single title with them. But at the entrance to the stadium where Barça will make their Champions League debut, you find a statue of him. "He's a legend. Do you know why? He was one of us," says Mark, a fan of the club. Bobby Robson, the man who coached Barça during difficult times, is one of the most respected names among the fans of Barça's first rival in the Champions League. "Robson was the son of miners. He worked as a miner. Almost everyone here has a relative who went down the mines. And he was a Newcastle fan, but played for other clubs. It made us in Newcastle angry to see how he succeeded as a manager always far from home. And when he finally came, he was already too old. There were doubts about him." Bobby Robson realized his dream of working at Newcastle in 1999, when he was offered a low salary to take charge of the team, then bottom of the Premier League. He accepted. And in the first match they already won 8-0 at Sheffield Wednesday. In the five years he managed the magpiesUntil 2004, he qualified the team twice for the Champions League.