After the enforced break, The Broken Metatarsal is back with a new format as Martin Laursen joins Rich Williams and Mark Holmes for our first player special.The 2000s icon talks us through his career from moving to Italy with Verona as a youngster to being half-owned by Parma, somehow engineering a move to AC Milan, the nightmare of life under David O'Leary and then finally the wonderful times he experienced under Martin O'Neill and the incredible bond he formed with Aston Villa fans.RUNNING ORDER:
Intro
Hello Martin Laursen and the weather 5m 25s

The King of Headers 5m 41s

Obligatory and Unprofessional Leeds & Stoke mentions 7m 49s

The Premier League in the 2000s 10m 1s

Moving from Denmark to Italy 10m 58s

The start of the injuries and settling in 12m 30s

How dual ownership works 15m 40s

Amazing story of signing for AC Milan 17m 47s

Poor relationship with O’Leary 20m 18s

Milan to Birmingham 23m 00s

Relationship with Villa fans 25m 45s

The Serie A relegation play-off 27m 04s

The AC Milan squad 29m 44s

Carlo Ancelotti 31m 31s

The 5yr contract offer from AC Milan 33m 16s

Great relationship with Martin O’Neill 34m 

The Villa squad 36m 54s

A word on Milner 38m 55s

Enduring career memories 40m 10s

Outro
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