The Fiver | The managerial merry-go-round is spinning so hard and fast right now

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The managerial succession at Wolverhampton Wanderers was dealt with in a very calm and measured fashion. Nuno Espírito Santo serenely announced his decision to move on. A backroom administrator gently scratched the nib of a fountain pen across a sheet of quality bond paper, carefully folding the request for a work permit for Bruno Lage then sealing it with wax. The request was delivered by hand to Her Majesty’s Government who issued the required permit, and now Mr Lage has been announced as the new manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers. The entire process was soundtracked by an instrumental version of The Girl From Ipanema, quietly piped through the Molineux PA system at volume setting three.

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