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SLUTSKY CARES – AND IT’S BEST HE STAYS

LEONID Slutsky is an emotional character, as far from the stoic Russian stereotype as you can imagine.
Yet even by those standards, his sad, stark assessment of Hull City’s capitulation to Sheffield United made for uncomfortable viewing. No spirit. No confidence. No answers; his words were a litany of inadequacies bereft of hope or mitigation. More than one person in the Bramall Lane media room wondered if Slutsky was tacitly begging for the sack.
Two days earlier, I’d sat in his office at Hull’s training ground for a pre-arranged interview. I’d been told in advance ...

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