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COCU MUST WIN TO KEEP DATE WITH P E P

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 August 2019

By John Wrag

PHILLIP Cocu wants to be reunited with his friend and former Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola.
To do it Cocu will have to end Derby County’s six years of Championship play-off heartache and get in to the Premier League where Guardiola is dominant.
Cocu begins that journey tomorrow night at Huddersfield. A legend in Dutch football with 101 caps for his country, Cocu played with Guardiola in a Barca midfield that also contained Luis Figo.
Guardiola left the Neu Camp in 2001, Cocu stayed a further three years, leaving after playing 291 games, scoring 37 goals and winn...

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