The Spaniard has been central to the Premier League club’s long-term thinking and they hope his radical style will transform them.
The English Premier League title race could be as good as over by Saturday night with the two main challengers both facing testing away games.
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/ 6 September 2007
India captain Rahul Dravid is targeting a series victory after his side levelled the seven-match NatWest series against England 3-3 at the Oval on Wednesday. A week ago, India were 3-1 down, but Dravid insists his side were never downhearted. ”We still felt we could win,” he said.
Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren is an habitually cautious man, but in the past few weeks even he has allowed himself to muse on whether his side’s progress to the Uefa Cup final might be their destiny. Twenty years after the club went into administration, Boro have come from three goals down to win both the quarterfinal and the semifinal.
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/ 12 November 2005
David Beckham is confident that Wayne Rooney will not allow his combustible temperament to ruin his chances of starring at next summer’s World Cup. Beckham even echoed head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s line that to calm Rooney’s temper is to diminish him as a player.
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/ 28 February 2005
Controversial Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho insists he doesn’t care if he is loved or loathed as long as his team keep winning. The Portuguese could face censure after being sent from the dug-out during the 3-2 extra-time win over Liverpool in the League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.