His record in the national side is impressive. He has scored five goals in 15 appearances since his debut against Croatia in 1997, and that made him top scorer for the Danes in their Euro 2000 qualifiers.

He put his torrid year at Newcastle down to being played out of position as he prefers playing just off the centre-forward to leading the line.

He scored in five successive matches during qualification so don't expect to see the same striker who could not hit a barn door in Newcastle's Bigg Market.