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Paul Ince Sacked at Blackburn, Immediately Appointed Manager of Real Madrid

Paul Ince is out at Blackburn. “I like the cut of your jib, sailor,” Ramón Calderón tells him via text message.

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Paul Ince Sacked at Blackburn, Immediately Appointed Manager of Real Madrid

by Brian Phillips · December 16, 2008

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