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Europe’s managerial merry-go-round shows a lack of top coaches

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Bits of European football’s coaching jigsaw puzzle are dropping into place but it is nowhere near completion. At least Chelsea

have appointed Enzo Maresca,

who leaves Leicester after bringing them back into the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Kieran McKenna, linked with Chelsea, Manchester United and Brighton, has chosen to stay at Ipswich, the club he has pulled up two divisions. His four-year contract makes him one of the best-paid managers in the Premier League while also keeping him in the shop window for other vacancies to arise.

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