The Fiver | Big Cup? Oh, Ronald

In today’s Fiver: Ronald Do-One, ‘Arry McRedkneepps, the return of the wee ned and helicopter-based drying techniques

Life comes at you fast. Certainly faster than an attack from one of the Premier League’s most ponderous and pedestrian teams. Less than five months ago, Everton’s manager Ronald Koeman was telling people how he’d turned down the opportunity to manage the Dutch national team and putting on a masterclass of faux modesty as he coyly didn’t quite dismiss speculation with the soon-to-be-vacant Barcelona hot seat. “In football, as in life, as in business, everything can be talked about and discussed,” he said, shortly after pointing out that his Everton gig was “a very powerful and exciting project and we will reinforce our best to try to reach next season’s [Big Cup]”.

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