Old friends prepare for battle

20 March 2009 12:34
The pair were players together at Aberdeen over 20 years ago, and Gunn counts the Blues boss as one of his best friends in the game.[LNB]He said: "Alex McLeish and I do speak and we've talked in recent weeks in the build-up to the game.[LNB]"He was one of the people I spoke to during my decision to take the job here and I have a lot of respect for him.[LNB]"I never thought I'd be standing beside one of my best mates in football and pitting our wits against each other.[LNB]"I used to clean his boots at Aberdeen but come three o'clock on Saturday we'll be concentrating on our own clubs and trying to achieve the result we both want."[LNB][LNB]

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