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The great search for per fection never ends

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The LeaguePaper Team
10 September 2017

By Chris Dunlavy
PROFILE ON PEP CLOTET OXFORD UNITED MANAGER

OBSESSIVE: Oxford manager Pep Clotet has even used a drone to observe training from a new angle
PICTURE: Action Images

PEP Clotet once spent months trying to arrange an audience with Marcelo Bielsa, the legendary coach so beloved of Pep Guardiola.
Finally, the day came. The pair watched a game, Clotet excitedly offering his observations. The old Argentine listened for a few moments, then waved a hand. “Come back,” he said, “when you have analysed 10,000 matches.”
For the new Oxford United manager, it mus...

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