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RAY PARLOUR ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP: ‘BE READY TO DIG IN DEEP’

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The LeaguePaper Team
26 August 2018

By John Wragg

BATTLEGROUND: Ray Parlour playing for Hull against Coventry and, insets from top, Frank Lampard, Marco Bielsa, and Tony Pulis
PICTURE: Action Images

OLD DAYS: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Ray Parlour

RAY Parlour reck- ons Arsene Wenger could manage in the Championship. But even he would find it tough.
Parlour, in a career under Wenger at Arsenal that brought three Premier League titles, four FA Cup wins, a League Cup and a European Cup Winners’ Cup, had a season in the Championship with Hull. He hasn’t forgotten it.
“The first question I was ask...

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