JOKANOVIC: FIRST TO BE AXED, I CAN BE FIRST BACK
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SLAVISA JOKANOVIC was the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season – and now he wants to be the first to get back on the merry-go-round.
The 50-year-old was sacked by Fulham last month and already looks refreshed and looking forward to his first Christmas with his family in years. “I am centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly – possibly from Manchester United – and the centre-back would not be sold in January.
“He will not leave now,” De Laurentiis insisted. “The time will certainly come when we cannot refuse indecent offers again.”
Napoli finished third in their Champions League group and will now play in the Europa League.
“We believe in it – a semifinal with Chelsea would be interesting,” ADL added. looking around. I am one of the first coaches to lose my job, but I can be one of the first to get a new one,” said Jokanovic (left), in his first interview since he left.
The Cottagers spent more than £100million last summer on 12 new players, but Jokanovic did not have the final say on transfers – not even on fellow Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic. “My participation in transfers was minimal,” added Jokanovic.
“Different managers complain about this, it’s not just in Fulham, Jose Mourinho said something similar and modern football is going in a different direction.
“People say, ‘You signed Mitrovic in June’. No, it’s not true. Mitrovic signed himself because he scored goals, the supporters wanted him and he signed himself at a different price. Some teams give you the players and say, ‘Come on, make the team’.
“In total, I worked just two months in the Premier League, which is not enough time.
“But if they get support in the January transfer window, then I hope they will find a great solution. Everything is possible.”
Walter Hagen, one of golf’s most flamboyant characters, was born. He helped popularise the game in the 1920s in both the United States and Britain and won 11 Majors.
1983: Spain’s football team produced an amazing result in a European Championship qualifying match. Needing to win by 11 clear goals against Malta, they won 12-1 in Seville. 1999: The British Boxing Board of Control was placed into administration in a bid to ensure its long-term survival after Michael Watson won his lawsuit against them. 2006: England fast bowler Steve Harmison announced his retirement from one-day international cricket. 2007: Fulham announced Lawrie Sanchez had left his post as manager.