LONDON – To death and taxes as the only certainties in life can, for managers on Planet Football, be added a blunder in the transfer market that comes back to haunt them.
Jose Mourinho can claim enough shrewd business to be in credit: Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole and Diego Costa for Chelsea, Luka Modric and Raphael Varane for Real Madrid look good on his CV.
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