When River Plate icon Diaz took over fourth-tier Oxford

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It all starts in Monaco - where Kassam and Goiran lived and Diaz also had a home having played for the club.Kassam approached a friend of a friend, Goiran, who has worked as a football agent and consultant, to help him find a manager and the Monegasque suggested Diaz - who had left River Plate in 2002.At the time it was widely reported that Diaz was not being paid to be Oxford manager - and Kassam said he had "promised him shares in the club in return for success".But Goiran, speaking 20 years on, says Kassam's company Firoka, but not the club, instead paid Diaz and Goiran consulting fees in Monaco.And the question many have asked - why did a manager with five Argentine titles and the Copa Libertadores come to League Two Oxford? I had a good experience, a good memory of it from the fans, the city, the club."Full-back Corbo remains a cult hero at the club after eight yellow cards and a red card in 13 games.Raponi, who had played for River Plate, was too lightweight for League Two but played 10 times.Emiliano Diaz, who played seven times, is often mentioned in discussions about Oxford's worst ever players.That was just one of many times he worked with his dad - having played under Ramon at River Plate and been his assistant manager at over 10 teams since retiring.Cominelli added there were never issues between the England and South American players."The team-mates were really OK," he said.

"And then you had one or two that it didn't quite work out for them."Raponi was very quick, he made an impact at times, but the physical side of the game sometimes was a bit too much for him."'Fizzled out' - Things start to go downhillImage source, Oxford UnitedImage caption, The falling out between Firoz Kassam (left) and Ramon Diaz (right) over the ambitions of the club proved to be the downfall of the experimentAfter the good run in January, though, Oxford's form took a dip, losing four of the next five games.And things were unravelling off the pitch too.Diaz and Kassam fell out over a difference of opinion in the ambition of the club - and over Diaz not speaking English.The manager, plus some of his coaches, missed a few games for work permit or passport reasons.Basham said it just "fizzled out" as the club finished 15th - nowhere near the top or bottom."It's almost surreal looking back," said Tardif. Ramon didn't feel that Firoz would like to grow [the club]."Basham said: "I think they had really big plans for Oxford United.

They were all pushing in the right direction."I think they all thought they were close to some sort of deal with Kassam and for whatever reason it all just ended up... yeah, there was a big fallout, which was a real shame."'We had to leave everything there' - The sudden endingOnce it was obvious Diaz would probably leave the club, Goiran tried to find another manager for the project.Diaz resigned as manager and he and his sons flew home before the penultimate game of the season. Before the final game of the season, at home to Chester, Kassam got rid of Diaz's entire backroom staff and appointed Brian Talbot.Goiran was offered the chance to stay but said "I brought these people in and if they're going out I have to go with them".