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“I HAD TO AVOID EVERYTHING ABOUT LOSING TO UNITED IN ’99 FOR YEARS. I JUST FELT DEAD”

You’re part of an exclusive club of bosses who have won the Champions League with two clubs. Could you ever have imagined so much success when you started coaching?

I couldn’t have expected I’d accomplish all this as a coach. I actually wanted to become a teacher after my playing career ended and obtained qualifications for that, but I started managing in Switzerland and kept on doing it for years. To have done what I have fills me with pride. I’m very grateful for being able to achieve those feats and to have lifted some of the world’s best

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