Two of the three main candidates for the England job, by the way. The other (successful) one paid £7m for a knackered Alan Smith. They inject passion, mind.
Damning indictment of English football, that.
this post made me wonder when the days of managers 'putting an arm around' a difficult player disappeared from english football and it purely became about workrate with them all
It's not just English football. See Guardiola coming in and telling everyone at City they're a bunch of fat cunts.