RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: I’m told control over transfers was key to Mauricio Pochettino taking Man United job. It seems they finally have a manager bullish enough to hold Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Jason Wilcox to account

It only happened once. But if you search for it, there is footage. The date was February 23, 2000 and the place was the old Wembley Stadium. England 0-0 Argentina, the kind of friendly best forgotten, except for a single line of trivia.

Of all the games played by Jason Wilcox and Mauricio Pochettino, this was the sole example of them sharing a pitch. Wilcox was given the full 90 at a point when Kevin Keegan was low on options for the left wing and Pochettino came on with 35 minutes on the clock and kicked a few people.

He was good

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