This deal is more akin to buying a flat leasehold (as opposed to buying freehold) than the rental analogy. The 2£m per year is the mortgage repayments in effect
Managers' coats have long been a sartorial sexuality signal and hotly debated. From Mourinho's coat for the housewives, through Wenger's paedo coat to Tino's asexual geek jacket. There's a PhD in there for someone.
It is, as the op says, an amusing article with some spot on player analysis. A few minor inaccuracies that only a pedant would highlight. Worse aspect was the repeated use of CAPITALS.
I would be interested to know what team morale is like now after several weeks of MP's double training and team talks through an interpreter.
Newcastle and Saturday's no-show v QPR make me worried that they are missing the kindly Adkins.