Mark Hughes loses on his return to management at Bradford
There were reminders all along for Mark Hughes that his return to management would be taking him to a very different kind of place.
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There were reminders all along for Mark Hughes that his return to management would be taking him to a very different kind of place.
There have perhaps never been greater differences surrounding the circumstances surrounding one manager’s last game in his old job, and the first game in his new one. Three years ago, Mark Hughes’s tenure as Southampton manager came to an end with a 2-2 draw against a Manchester United side managed by José Mourinho which featured Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford.
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After more than three years out of the game, former Manchester City, Blackburn and Stoke boss Mark Hughes is back in football after being appointed manager of League Two outfit Bradford City.