Football Daily | Wolves, Julen Lopetegui and cutting gold cloth accordingly

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As disappointed or frustrated as they may be, Wolves fans probably shouldn’t be too surprised. For all his qualities as a manager, Julen Lopetegui has form when it comes to leaving high-profile jobs on the eve of big competitions. With his Spanish team already in Russia ready to contest the 2018 World Cup, on the eve of the tournament Lopetegui revealed he would be taking over at Real Madrid as soon as it concluded. It was an announcement that so riled up the Royal Spanish Football Federation that it fired him on the spot and gave his gig to Fernando Hierro instead. A little more than five years later and it seems the 56-year-old has now parlayed his way out of another job. Reports suggest Lopetegui is currently thrashing out an exit deal with the Wolves bean-counters after channelling his inner Scott Parker and repeatedly criticising the lack of summer investment at Molineux.

The new added-time guidelines (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition) are intending to increase the amount of football actually played during a match. I’d have some sympathy for critics, but really their complaints come down to being forced to work while they’re at work. They just need to get better at looking busy: what is the on-pitch equivalent to reading Football Daily (and composing a contribution) in your work email?” – Ed Taylor.

Cracking story about Nahuel Guzmán’s trick during a penalty shootout (yesterday’s Now That’s Magic, full email edition). But Peter Shilton went one further against West Germany during Italia 90 and disappeared during the shootout. Hey, if he can still be bitter about El Diego …” – Antony Train.

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