India, Jan. 10 -- Coach sackings are routine in the cutthroat world of club football. Still, the sackings of Enzo Maresca by Chelsea and Ruben Amorim by Manchester United in the first week of 2026 was stunning in the speed at which the die was cast and the cord was snapped. It was management making a statement, after the coaches dared question the lines of engagement between them-stated and unstated, logical or not. As the two marquee football clubs remain in churn, the latest moves also cast a light on how they have gone about buying and selling players

-an area that was a bone of contention for both coaches, and where neither club has distinguished itself over the past decade or so.

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