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Ronald Koeman talks tactics with Romelu Lukaku before January’s match at Crystal Palace. (Getty Images)

Romelu Lukaku’s Ambition is the Same as Ronald Koeman’s

by Daniel Taylor | Mar 21, 2017 | Sports

London – They were nine games into the Eredivisie season when Valencia came calling for Ronald Koeman in October 2007. PSV Eindhoven, the team he had led to the Dutch title, had won seven and drawn two and were enjoying the view from the top of the table. Yet...

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Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger in 2009. The Scot eventually left Manchester United four years later and the Old Trafford club struggled to adjust. Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images

Arsenal’s ‘Wenger Out’ Crowd Should Look at Manchester United’s Labours

by Daniel Taylor | Feb 21, 2017 | Sports

London – It probably won’t surprise anybody who has followed the life and times of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to know that when he was rich enough to afford the house of his dreams in Malmo – a mansion, painted pink, “as big as a castle” – it didn’t particularly bother...

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Joe Hart (left) has made a much better impression on loan at Torino than Claudio Bravo has at Manchester City this season. Composite: Getty Images; Action Images via Reuters

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola must Use his Head over Joe Hart

by Daniel Taylor | Feb 14, 2017 | Sports

It is probably safe to assume Pep Guardiola did not appreciate the impertinence of being asked at his latest press conference whether, six months into the season, he could understand why so many football people were questioning whether the decision to marginalise and...

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Bubble trouble: ‘Dimitri Payet’s public utterances and body language, from summer onwards, have increasingly made it clear he had a roving eye.’ Photograph: Jason Mitchell/IPS/Rex/Shutterstock

Dimitri Payet and Co Cross a Line with Their Striking Self-Indulgence

by Daniel Taylor | Jan 17, 2017 | Sports

There is a passage in one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s latest books that seems deliberately designed to chop West Ham down to size and no doubt, as intended, would have pricked a few egos in the way he does better than anyone. What, Ferguson wanted to know, was “the West...

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Ryan Giggs with José Mourinho, then Chelsea’s manager, in 2013. Three years later the Portuguese got the Manchester United job instead of the Welshman. Photograph: Matt West/Matt West/BPI/Rex/

Ryan Giggs Cannot Afford to Wait for a Big Managing Job to Come Along

by Daniel Taylor | Jan 4, 2017 | Sports

It might feel slightly implausible now, at a time when Ryan Giggs seems to be drifting to the edges of the game, but if it had gone to a poll last season among Manchester United players about who they wanted to replace Louis van Gaal, a manager they found both...