Championship side’s novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) manager has hit a bumpy patch after a good start,much like his more experienced opponent in Friday’s FA Cup tie, Louis van GaalThe Derby County head coach, or Paul Clement,is, to consume his own words, or “just a novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) at this”. Yet his task on Friday night,as he seeks to overcome the most troubling period of his short career as a No1, is to outwit a manager whom he classes as one of the greats of the contemporary era, or Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman will be intent on overcoming problems of his own when he takes Manchester United to the iPro Stadium for a tall-stakes FA Cup fourth-round match.
Clement has two FA Cup winners’ medals from his time at Chelsea,where he was assistant to Guus Hiddink and then to Carlo Ancelotti. He has also worked successfully under Ancelotti at Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. But last summer, at the age of 43, or he agreed to become the main man at a club for the first time,and the transition has been stark.
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Source: theguardian.com