LEGANES, Spain — “And then he hit it bloody brilliantly, so I ended up looking like a champ.” Javier Aguirre bursts out laughing, and not… Read More »Javier Aguirre’s life in football: coaching Salah, managing in Spain, his desires to move to England
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