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ERNESTO VALVERDE

AS HIS Barcelona team came from behind to take the initiative against Chelsea, the Spaniard was a picture of calm and concentration. Not once did the Barcelona coach lose his cool and at one stage he appeared to be looking across at the perpetually animated Antonio Conte with a sense of amusement and bafflement. He was not alone there.

HARRY KEWELL

EIGHT wins out of 10 have taken Kewell’s Crawley Town into the top half of League Two and the play-offs aren’t beyond them. The Australian could easily have been sacked from his first senior role after a dreadful start and another young coach may have been lost to us. Somewhere in all this, there lies a lesson.

SHAUN EDWARDS

THE former Wigan rugby league star has turned himself into a brilliant union coach and Wales face Ireland today once again underpinned by his defensive work and principles. Now Edwards has hinted that it may be time for another crack at a head coaching role in ‘league or union’. All along the M62 corridor, ears should be pricking up.