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Manuel Pellegrini: ‘England is the best league but the best football is played in Spain’
“I t was tackles and muddy pitches and heads crashing together,” Manuel Pellegrini says. “And that’s the football that fans like.” The first time he came to England was to complete his coaching qualification; it would need 15 years for him to return, taking on the man who had taught him then, and 26 to win the league there; now he’s there again for a night, back to the country where it all began and one of the nine cities across five countries and three continents he has made home since leaving Santiago. Thirty-five years have passed, much has changed, but don’t bet on this being the last.
