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Sat 01 Jan 2009Clough kid might make slow haste popular
SOCCER ANGLES:Jose Mourinho and his ilk will, we hope, learn from a young man in no hurry, serving his time before taking over at one of his dad's clubs, Derby County.
JOSE MOURINHO will be at Old Trafford tomorrow, apparently, scouting for Inter Milan in preparation for next month's European Cup extravaganza between the champions of England and Italy. Nine days on and Nigel Clough will get to Manchester, as manager of Derby County. That's in the League Cup semi-final, second leg. Clough would not be the first to arrive later than Mourinho.
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