The tear-flecked coverage and forests of newsprint devoted to the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson have made the resignation of Pope Benedict and the appointment of his successor look as big a deal as trying to find an ink monitor. And rightly so: Suralex is not just one of the most significant figures in world football, but in also in all of British public life. Besides his jaw-dropping success, he was just about the only top-flight manager to really bring on young English players. We’ll see what David Moyes does: so far he’s brought on several Scottish players, which doesn’t seem to have gone that well for Scotland’s woeful national team.
Fergie’s departure, the sacking of Roberto Mancini (which was inevitable from about last December, once Manchester City’s wretched Champions League campaign had fizzled out), and Benitez’s de-interimising of himself does mean that Arsène Wenger is now the most senior prefect in the playground.
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